City OKs contract, work to start next month
COVINGTON, Ky. – Almost 55 years after it opened and 2½ years after it closed, the sprawling IRS data processing facility will soon cease to exist.
The Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted 5-0 to hire O’Rourke Wrecking Company of Cincinnati to demolish the sprawling one-story “Flat Top” complex, rip...
Yet another unique restaurant in The Cov, OLLA Taqueria Gutierrez, opened on West M.L. King Jr. Blvd. in June.
Amid massive challenges, Covington moved forward in 2021
COVINGTON, Ky. – As an exclamation, the phrase “What a year!” can, alternately, ooze vibes both negative and positive.
… so it was during 2021 in the City of Covington.
The year that just pa...
City hopes to open facility this spring
COVINGTON, Ky. – The construction of a neighborhood dog park on Covington’s west side officially got under way today.
A Bobcat and dump truck operated by Public Works crews began removing pavement and short divider walls at an existing playground at Ninth and Philadelphia streets early this afternoon. The demolition is the first physical wo...
Photo 1: Backhoe operator Lonnie Johnson dumped salt into a dump truck driven by Mark Ranson and Doug Meyung late this morning.
Photo 2: From left, Chris Warneford, Steve Hedger, Bill Matteoli, Jason Roberts, James “J.J.” Johnson, John Purnell, and Brad Schwenke go over last-minute preparations.
Photo 3: “Snow commander” Steve Hedger checks driver assig...
Brad Chetwood, a technician III with Public Works’ Right of Way Maintenance Division, installs the new/old parking signs along northbound Pike Street.
Completion of bridge work eliminates need for temporary prohibition
COVINGTON, Ky. – Drivers are again allowed to park in the curb lane of northbound Dixie Highway-Pike Street before and after its intersection with Montague R...
Projects funded through the City’s Neighborhood Grant Program have included signs, banners, picnic tables, benches, dog waste stations, flower pots, and landscaping.
Competitive grant program accepting applications
COVINGTON, Ky. – Since the City of Covington created its Neighborhood Grant Program in 2018, groups have used it to fund small projects all around the city:
A tree...
No nails, screws, staples, spikes etc.
Reminder not to use nails, screws & staples when decorating City trees for the holidays
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re going to decorate a streetside tree for the holidays, don’t damage the tree.
Specifically, don’t use nails, screws, staples, spikes, screw-in hooks, or anything else that creates a pathway for insec...
Work to include addressing environmental challenges on 23 acres slated for massive mixed-use development
COVINGTON, Ky. – The behind-the-scenes work on developing the 23-acre former IRS site should grow substantially more visible early in the new year.
The City of Covington today released a request for proposals seeking companies to both demolish the site and address its significant en...
New sidewalks and updated storefronts are among the changes made to the bend of Pike Street near Montague Street as part of the City’s first The RIPPLE Effect proposal that started at Herb & Thelma’s Tavern.
Partnership spurs street improvements, new business
(Part 2 of 2: The RIPPLE Effect program was created in fall 2018 to coordinate public and private investments and ener...
The business district/node Highway Avenue and Altamont Road is in line for attention under the City’s The RIPPLE Effect.
Botany Hills neighborhood wins grant for improvements, City attention
(Part 1 of 2: The RIPPLE Effect program was created in fall 2018 to coordinate public and private investments and energy and focus those on a proverbial corner of Covington. Today we feat...