Hilltop Basic Resources is supplying the concrete for the ongoing Riverfront Commons trail and amphitheater project on the Ohio riverfront. The company is moving its headquarters to Covington this summer.
Top supplier of construction materials brings 20 jobs, prestige
COVINGTON, Ky. - A company that has been shaping Covington’s skyline will soon be a part of it.
Hilltop Basic R...
The Roost is scheduled to open near Ritte’s Corner in Latonia.
Rent subsidies on Commission’s ‘consent’ agenda tonight
COVINGTON, Ky. - A City incentive program that has helped 51 small businesses with first-year rent or façade improvements since the beginning of 2018 will add two more businesses to the list tonight.
The consent agenda for the Covi...
The long-vacant former Pickle Factory building in the alleys behind Madison Avenue shows off its new windows.
Mostly hidden from view, long-vacant building on agenda for City help
COVINGTON, Ky. - At various times during its 150+ years of “life,” the somewhat hidden three-story brick building at 422 Madison Ave. has housed a soft drink factory, a steam dye company, and the ...
Cutting the ribbon today were, from left, Rebecca Weber, senior sales executive at Huff Realty; Jeanne Schroer, president and CEO of The Catalytic Fund; Mayor Joe Meyer; Williams Sanderson, president of Urban Community Developers; Covington Neighborhood Services Director Ken Smith; Steve Tanner, of First Financial Bank; and Jill Morenz, director of Community Initiatives and Communications at The C...
Covington Public Works technician 3 Brad Chetwood installed a banner across the Sixth Street median - aka George Steinford Park - this week that touts the City’s #RecoverCovington initiative.
The initiative - praised by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear last week during his daily 5 p.m. update on the COVID-19 pandemic - is tied to the reopening of the economy and includes expanded outdoor se...
Covington Public Works grounds worker Corey Lohstroh (driving the Bobcat), carefully places a concrete-filled water barrier on Pike Street as Parks and Facilities supervisor Brad Schwenke guides him.
Covington restaurants expand outdoor seating with City's help
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Restaurants in Covington continue to create new, temporary outdoor dining areas on sidewalks, in alleys, on medians, in ...
COVINGTON, Ky. -- Members of Covington creative design firm BLDG Refuge moved out into the city starting Friday as part of a guerrilla stenciling campaign to promote the #RecoverCovington initiative.
The campaign - whose details can be seen at this link, https://bit.ly/2yoOOIE -- includes expanded outdoor seating for restaurants as a way to help them open dining rooms back up to t...
A design from Renaissance Covington’s Small Business Saturday event last year, another “Shop Local” initiative.
Businesses urged to sign up for Shop Local initiative
COVINGTON, Ky. - Almost 30 Covington businesses - ranging from an electrician to a design firm to a locksmith - have already signed up to be included on the City’s newly created “Covington Contracto...
Covington is home to many unique small businesses, like these on the Pike Street corridor.
City’s rent-mortgage assistance program still available
COVINGTON, Ky. - An emergency fund set aside by the City of Covington to help small businesses pay rent and mortgages during the pandemic still has money waiting to be used.
On March 26, the City set aside $200,000 to award quali...
1st focus of #RecoverCovington effort: Helping restaurants
survive while honoring COVID-19 safety guidelines
COVINGTON, Ky. - Restaurants can apply to set up additional outdoor seating on a temporary basis beginning Friday under new rules developed at City Hall to help establishments survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Areas where tables and chairs can be added include sidewalks, ne...