COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Covington Preservation Excellence Awards, an annual program that recognizes outstanding recent contributions to the preservation of Covington’s historic fabric.
Presented by the City of Covington’s Historic Preservation Office, the Preservation Excellence Awards honor ind...
COVINGTON, Ky. — The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering a new professional training opportunity designed to help existing restaurants sharpen their operations, finances, and staffing strategies.
The Plate to Profit: Mastering Restaurant Operations, Finances & Staffing training series is a six-session, Zoom-based course created specifically for re...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The Northern Kentucky Port Authority (NKY Port) announced today it entered into a purchase agreement for a landmark property at the corner of Madison Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the former Duro Bag manufacturing site, marking a pivotal step toward unlocking the next stage of Covington’s revitalization.
This step was made possible through region...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Today, Covington Mayor Ron Washington traveled to Frankfort to join Governor Andy Beshear during his weekly Team Kentucky update, where he thanked the Governor for $750,000 in State support from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC). The funding—distributed over the next five years—will help the City support neighborhoods and small businesses during con...
The City of Covington, KY (City) is seeking public input as part of the process to develop a Programmatic Agreement among the City of Covington, Kentucky, the Kentucky Heritage Council (SHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) for the Administration of the City’s Community Development Programs.
The City administers Community Development programs with funds from the ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The installation of electric conduit for the Covington Central Riverfront development will affect drivers and pedestrians in the area of Madison Avenue and Third Street on and off over the next seven weeks.
The work will be done in six distinct phases, beginning today and ending the first week of April.
At times, lanes of vehicular traffic will be reduced or even shut ...
(Editor’s note: CovData Shorts is a series of articles published regularly by the City of Covington to help residents better understand their City government’s operations and the city itself.)
COVINGTON, Ky. – Along with increases in household income in The Cov over the last few years have come similar improvements in post-secondary educational attainment.
For example, betw...
Photo 1: What people thought was a preview of the BLINK light show was actually a pseudo-“topping out” ceremony for public infrastructure at the Covington Central Riverfront neighborhood.
Photo 2: And below, the current state of the historically significant but dilapidated Frank Duveneck home.
Photo 3: Breaking ground on a permanent home for City operations.
Photo 4: Bray...
Drone practice on Monday, as seen from the Clive the Alien installation on Scott Boulevard. And the City's partners in both the CCR site and the topping-out ceremony.
Tonight’s ‘Topping Out Ceremony’ at CCR signals ‘galactic new heights’
COVINGTON, Ky. – The salutation read: “Greetings, Earthlings.” The invitation – to an event steepe...
City seeking developers for hotel, other uses; subdivided parcels provide opportunities to local firms
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is looking for private developers to fill in four more pieces of its 23-acre blank canvas just west of downtown.
Requests for proposals (RFPs) have been released for Blocks C, D, E, and K for the new neighborhood-to-be now known as the Covin...