The City of Covington is buying the buildings at 614 Madison Ave. (center) and 19 E. Pike St. (the former YMCA building that wraps around the smaller building with frontage on both Pike and Madison). The City in turn plans to sell the property to a developer for a project whose details will likely be announced by the end of the year.
Landmark properties to be sold to developer for pending p...
One of the startups awarded a rent subsidy during the last round of Small Business Program awards was Gumdrop, right, a soon-to-open extension of Handzy Shop + Studio on Pike Street. Gumdrop will sell baby/kid clothing, books, toys, games, and gifts.
City offering help renovating exteriors, paying startups’ rent
COVINGTON, Ky. - Friday is the deadline for small businesses in any pa...
The goal of a Neighborhood Development Code is to take into account and seek to preserve the “look” and “feel” of the surrounding area when making decisions on zoning and development.
Public invited to weigh in on draft of new zoning approach
COVINGTON, Ky. - The Covington public is being invited to take a look at the draft first section of an 18-month effort to crea...
Covington’s new zoning administrator, Dalton Belcher, is helping to transform the City’s approach to zoning.
Religious, legal studies provided unique training for Paintsville native
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington’s new zoning administrator once wrote a 15-page school paper examining a single Bible verse, worked for a video productions company that filmed leg...
The Kentucky Post photographed the massive site near Fourth Street being cleared for the IRS center in the mid-1960s. Notice how the size of the site dwarfs the bulldozer. (Photo courtesy of the Kenton County Public Library)
1,100 miles away, architect who designed IRS center laments closure
COVINGTON, Ky. - More than 52 years after it opened, the federal government’s massive tax...
Beginning Sept. 19, it’ll cost for the general public to park in the privately owned RiverHaus garage, which is nearing completion.
Special, “free” deal lasted eight months longer than expected
COVINGTON, Ky. - A special, temporary agreement that allowed free parking on evenings and weekends at the RiverHaus construction site in MainStrasse Village lasted eight months long...
Workers with Atkins & Stang Inc. today filled in a trench built to house utilities underground along an alley leading to the John R. Green Lofts construction site.
Disruption should last a few days
COVINGTON, Ky. - Seventh Street between Bakewell and Main streets will be closed to through traffic for a few days beginning Thursday as site preparation for the John R. Green Lofts project ac...
With help from a City of Covington rent subsidy, Olla restaurant will open at 302 M.L. King Jr. Blvd./12th St.
10 small projects in line for City's help
COVINGTON, Ky. - A new gourmet burrito restaurant. Two salons. An expanded shop for women's clothing, paper goods, and gifts. And eight new apartments in a space that once echoed with the sound of leather gloves pounding on heavy bags.
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Crews from Prus Construction mobilized today to begin work on Riverfront Commons. A fence blocks access to the Madison Overlook at the floodgate opening.
Work underway on Riverfront Commons
After years of planning and searching for funding, site work began today on Phase II of Riverfront Commons.
The $6.54 million project will transform the riverfront in Covington, bringing a 1,350-s...
Looking north along Scott Street: Among other things, the streetscape project will move utilities underground, replace “cobra-style” street lights with decorative lampposts, fix broken sidewalks, and replace deteriorated garbage cans.
Finished look will invite economic investment, City says
COVINGTON, Ky. - Spatial properties ... Streetscape appeal ... Aesthetic judgments of...