Over the past 20 plus years, Jameka and Patrick Evans have shown leadership and entrepreneurial skills in the Covington small business and Black-owned business communities. Jameka Evans holds degrees in social work and early childhood education. She started her first childcare center from her home in 1999, and by 2007 she turned the business into […]
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National leadership event moving from Cincinnati to Newport
A Cincinnati-based firm has acquired Leadercast and moved the company’s full-day annual event to Newport’s PromoWest Pavilion at Ovation from Fifth Third Arena. The event features national speakers on a variety of topics around leadership and growth. This year’s cast of speakers includes LeVar Burton, who you may recognize from Star Trek or Reading Rainbow. […]
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Assisted living community eyes Union for next location
Provision Living, a St. Louis-based company, is looking at Union for its next property. The proposal will change the piece of land at Richwood Road, Davis Lane and Grand National Boulevard into a multi-purpose community.Â
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Purrfect Day Cat Café in Covington hits 1,000th adoption
Purrfect Day Cat Café is a unique space that allows guests to grab a Pawfee, Meowcohol, or Pawstrie and then enter the kitty lounge to play and socialize with the feline friends. All the cats and kittens in the kitty lounge are available for adoption. The cats are sourced from Kenton County Animal Services, Cincinnati […]
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Stock Yards Bank & Trust completes acquisition of Commonwealth Bank & Trust
Two Kentucky-based banks are combining forces as the Stock Yards Bank & Trust officially completed their acquisition of Commonwealth Bank & Trust. Both parent companies of the banks first announced the sale in August 2021. “We both have a similar approach to dealing with clients developing relationships. We like to build our banking brand here […]
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NKY company up for achievement award: ‘We’re definitely the most out there’
Rem Brands Inc., located in unincorporated Boone County, manufactures patented chemistry and proprietary technology targeted toward odor elimination and stain removal. Their ODOGard technology was recently selected as a top-three candidate for the IDEA Raw Material Achievement Award for INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry. “It’s a company that our dad [David Schneider] […]
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Taco Bell site plan approved for Bellevue
The Bellevue Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a site plan and conditional use for a Taco Bell restaurant at 55 Donnermeyer Drive near the Bellevue Kroger. The restaurant will seat about 20, with 80 percent of its business from drive-thru sales. While restaurants are a permitted use in Bellevue’s form-based Transect 5 or T5 […]
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DBL Law announces new partners
DBL Law recently named attorneys Aaron Caskey and Colleen Fausz as partners to the law firm, according to a press release received on Tuesday.
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Mike’s Carwash set to open on Dixie Highway in Erlanger this fall
Mike’s Carwash is opening its third Northern Kentucky location on Dixie Highway in Erlanger this fall. Company leaders joined officials from Erlanger Tuesday for a groundbreaking of the new location, which will be on the site of the former Shoe Palace building just south of Kenton Lands Road. “Northern Kentucky is a vibrant, rapidly-expanding area […]
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Some say there are too many barriers to owning an electric car. Here is what is being done to change that
Written by Madeline Ottilie, WCPO reporter High gas prices have some people opting for public transportation or canceling plans altogether. Others might be considering an electric car, or EV, for the first time. EV use is becoming more common. In November, Kelly Blue Book found EV sales were 88% over 2020 numbers through the end of […]
