The City of Covington has secured a mortgage with First Financial Bank to bring the investment structure of North by Hotel Covington more in line with conventional funding models, allowing the company to take out a mortgage of $19.8 million with the building as collateral.
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How seven Covington small businesses plan to use city grant money
Seven Covington small businesses were awarded grants through the city’s Small Business Incentive Program. At the Covington City Commission meeting last week, the legislative body voted to approve public incentives for seven small businesses throughout the city. The program sets aside money to help businesses pay rent and help property owners restore the exterior of […]
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Covington set to begin anti-flooding work in Latonia
The City of Covington has entered a contract with VS Engineering to begin work on anti-flooding measures in the Latonia neighborhood, which will involve separating the combined sewer systems and will be funded by the city’s storm water fund.
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Covington introduces new licensing rules for live-in addiction recovery centers
The City of Covington is set to pass a new ordinance regulating licensing for live-in addiction recovery centers in the city, in line with state regulations.
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Covington allocates $60K to support Carnegie Arts Center
The City of Covington has allocated $60,000 to the Carnegie Arts Center to support it as a community building creative outlet, with $50,000 earmarked for energy bill reimbursement and $10,000 for general operating expenses.
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Rumpke opens new NKY headquarters, consolidating regional operations
The City of Covington’s former Public Works facility on Boron Drive has been transformed into Rumpke’s new Northern Kentucky headquarters. Rumpke, a major waste management company in the Greater Cincinnati area, has a large presence in Northern Kentucky. In addition to a landfill in Pendleton County, it operates a transfer station in Covington. Back in […]
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Gutierrez and the Covington Stars: striving to unite cultures through basketball
Sergio Gutierrez owns the eponymously named Olla Taqueria Gutierrez restaurant at 301 W. 12th St. in Covington – better known as Olla Cov. He remembers the Monday afternoon he invited some of the employees to play pickup basketball at a local park – including Estephany Perez, whose family moved to Northern Kentucky from Guatemala three years […]
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Covington smoothing its roads after tackling nearly 500 pothole repair projects in 2024
The ride through Covington is a bit smoother after Public Works staff tackled more than double the amount of pothole work orders from 2023 during the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. Data from the city’s Thriving Neighborhood site reported 490 completed projects in FY 2024, compared to 156 in FY 2023. The data reported […]
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The GOAT Bar opens in Latonia, bringing a new neighborhood hangout
The GOAT Bar, nestled at the corner of Huntington and E. Southern avenues in Latonia, is co-founder Matt Johnson’s take on the neighborhood bar. The corner bar hosted a grand opening ceremony on Thursday evening in conjunction with a ribbon-cutting ceremony courtesy of the City of Covington. Vice Mayor Ron Washington thanked Johnson for taking […]
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Covington receives $16.3 million federal grant for IRS site development
The City of Covington announced it received a $16.3 million federal grant to aid in the development of the former IRS processing center site. On Tuesday, Covington was informed that it received a federal RAISE grant to be used for Phase II public infrastructure at the Covington Central Riverfront site, including wide sidewalks, a land […]