COVINGTON, Ky. – In recognition of the importance of preserving historic buildings and sites, the Covington Board of Commissioners has declared May “Historic Preservation Month.”
This proclamation is in support of Preservation Month nationally, which was established in 1973 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
“One of Covington’s most defining characterist...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The beginning of spring and warmer weather marks the start of Covington’s annual street and sidewalk projects.
This year’s projects include street resurfacing and road repair in Latonia and South Covington and sidewalk repair and replacement in northern Covington.
The City’s annual street resurfacing will cover Latonia and the eastern half of South Covingto...
COVINGTON, Ky. – One of Covington’s most recognizable murals is going away, but not without leaving a lasting impact.
The colorful mural, an ArtWorks Cincinnati project titled “The Divine Proportion of All Things,” is located on the north wall of the Be Concerned, Inc. building at West Seventh Street and Washington Avenue. The building, and the mural, will be coming down to...
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington Urban Forestry Division has partnered with Keep Covington Beautiful and Make Goebel Great to host a community tree planting event.
Event organizers are seeking volunteers to help plant 55 trees on West Ninth Street between Greer and Philadelphia Streets and 20 trees in Goebel Park. It will take place on April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. as part of the Great Ame...
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The Devou Park Facebook page is now the Covington Parks & Recreation page. You’ll be seeing m...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City has selected a preferred developer for the City-owned property located at 501 Main Street.
A development team headed by Indianapolis-based Flaherty & Collins Properties and including Cincinnati-based Al. Neyer, LLC and PDT Architects will be given the opportunity to create a redevelopment plan for the site, a 2.4 acre property immediately adjacent to the heart o...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington unveiled $200,000 in improvements to the reopened Senator Gus Sheehan, Jr. Park Friday afternoon.
Improvements include new playground equipment, a new picnic shelter and picnic tables, a new basketball court and a redesigned parking lot.
Located at the northeastern edge of Devou Park, Sheehan Park serves the Botany Hills neighborhood. The City wanted to...
Please note: Updates have been made to the MainStrasse Parking Plan since the publication of this press release.
Find a full list of updated changes, including a detailed map of residential parking areas, here.
COVINGTON, Ky. – A parking plan for Covington’s popular MainStrasse neighborhood will go into effect March 30.
The plan, adopted by the City last October, is a blend...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Each year the City of Covington and the NKY HOME Consortium create an Annual Action Plan to outline how funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be utilized.
Both Covington and the NKY HOME Consortium are HUD entitlement communities, and as such receive an annual allocation of funding from HUD in the form of Community Development Block G...
The lineup of workshops has been announced for the NKY Restoration Weekend. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Gateway Community & Technical College Urban Campus, 525 Scott Street in Covington, KY, the event aims to provide home owners resources to understand how to maintain their historic property and the value of historic preservation for them and commu...