(EDITOR’S NOTE: All funds for this grant program have been committed and the City is no longer taking applications.) COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington has created another program to help businesses protect jobs and survive the pandemic - and this one offers up to $50,000 per grant.  Mayor Joe Meyer signed an executive order today creating the “Emergency Business Assistance Pr...

The building at 1928 Madison Ave. Projects creating 1st-floor commercial space COVINGTON, Ky. - Two projects that are renovating buildings to create first-floor commercial space and upper-floor apartments are getting financial help from the City of Covington toward exterior improvements.   The buildings - at 1131 Holman St. and 1928 Madison Ave. in the Westside and Austinburg neighborhoods, ...

Drop-off events help residents with problematic waste disposal   COVINGTON, Ky. - Five special drop-off events in the coming weeks - with one starting Thursday - will give Covington residents additional opportunities to properly dispose of tires, appliances, yard waste, old cleaning chemicals, and other problematic materials.   The events:  The Kenton County Public Works Fall C...

See the small, white dome-shaped device above the mural at left? That's a wireless access point, and this building on Madison Avenue already has one installed. City seeks properties to attach tiny devices for digital equity project   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is looking for "hotspot hosts" to help its schoolchildren learn and their families "get ahead."   All that's ...

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 09-29-20

COVINGTON, Ky. - (ABOUT THE PHOTO): Workers from DWA Recreation Inc. install playground equipment in Barb Cook Park today as Phase I of the Latonia park’s long-awaited renovation is under way.   Phase I will add an array of play equipment for young children (including a “playstructure,” swings, and “sway bench”), concrete walking paths, and features for family co...

COVINGTON, Ky. - Catch an Indie flick outside or a made-for-TV in a fancy setting. Or pull on your lederhosen and drink a themed beer.   And of course, there are multiple places to buy food and flora, pop-up style.   ‘Oktoberfest,’ 2020 “Oktoberfuel” on tap. German-themed cuisine (from Parlor on Seventh). Music by Zinzinnati Bierband.   Sound familiar? &...

New ‘form-based’ approach represents drastic change in guiding land development   COVINGTON, Ky. - Good-bye, (and good riddance?) Zoning Ordinance. Hello (and a warm welcome), Neighborhood Development Code.   In a vote that seemed almost anticlimactic given the nearly two years of intense effort and widespread public engagement that led to this point, the Covin...

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Covington’s property tax rate will remain the same for the fourth year in a row. Rate kept the same for 4th year in a row  COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington’s property tax rates for calendar year 2020 will remain the same for the fourth year in a row.   The Covington City Commission on Tuesday approved rates of 0.327 for real estate and 0.349 for personal property - the s...