Aviatra Accelerators, a Covington-based nonprofit accelerator focused on empowering women entrepreneurs, has hired Kourtney Terry, owner of Taste-T-Love Baby Food and graduate of Aviatra’s Launch accelerator. Terry will serve as Aviatra’s program manager. With a background in healthcare, Terry most recently held positions in buying and operations with Premier Health Partners. For more information on Aviatra […]
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Greater Cincinnati & NKY African American Chamber of Commerce celebrates honorees during gala at Music Hall
The Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce paid homage to the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance during their Cincy Nights Gala on Saturday at the Music Hall Ballroom in Cincinnati. Featuring a live jazz band, dance performances, and art from members of the community, this year’s award winners were celebrated for […]
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Covington small businesses receive rent incentives
Covington’s Small Business Program doled out financial incentives to two small businesses that recently moved locations to higher-traffic storefronts along Madison Avenue. At Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners legislative meeting, the commission approved rent subsidies for both Peachy & Vintage and Upper Kutz. Each business received $6,000, which will go toward helping the owners pay their […]
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Small Business Saturday around NKY
As the largest shopping period of the year arrives, this Saturday shines a light on those smaller businesses and their special sales and celebrations. Many locally owned small businesses around Northern Kentucky are participating and we have the full list. Peachy & Vintage: 531 Madison Ave., Covington A sale on all vintage inventory and a […]
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Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle: Black Friday made easy by small businesses
Now that Mariah Carey has been thawed out to croon “All I want for Christmas” this holiday season, Dec. 25 is just around the corner and the clock is ticking to buy gifts. The biggest shopping day of the season is the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday, where retailers can get their […]
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‘Style’ is in her name and her work
At a time when many of her peers were still figuring out what they wanted to do after college, Brittany Styles had already started her own business. “I’ve always been very creative,” the Alexandria resident said. “I was always redecorating my room or making handmade decorations for my birthday parties. As I got older, I […]
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Why Covington? Why not Covington?
Local business owners and community leaders gathered for an open forum on “Why Covington?” during the Covington Business Council meeting Thursday. Luncheon sponsor DBL Law presented on the company’s relocation back to Covington to the Monarch Building at 109 E. 4th St., which was part of a $11.3 million development. Patrick Hughes, partner at DBL […]
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Bellevue is home to the last enamel manufacturer on this side of the world
Thompson Enamel is the last manufacturer of art enamel in the Western Hemisphere, and it happens to be in Bellevue. Next door to the manufacturer is the Carpenter Art Enamel Foundation, started by Woodrow Carpenter, a self-made businessman. He bought Thompson Enamel in Chicago and brought the company to Northern Kentucky in 1983. The enamel […]
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Entrepreneurial nonprofit partners with Braxton to create new coworking space
Braxton Barrel House in Fort Mitchell is the pilot location for a new coworking space program, thanks to a collaboration with entrepreneurship nonprofit Blue North. Coworking is an arrangement in which workers of different companies share an office space. The concept has becoming an increasingly popular tool for on-the-go entrepreneurs, freelancers and anyone who needs […]
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Galley Food Hall set to open at Newport on the Levee next summer
Coming in the summer of 2023, frequenters of Newport on the Levee will get to enjoy a new 7,900-square-foot micro food hall and bar in the development’s entertainment district. Galley Food Hall will operate adjacent to the central plaza at the Levee. Once a customer orders from their desired eatery in a centralized location at […]
