When She’s All That Boutique in Fort Mitchell opens its doors for the first time on June 20, the company’s founders will have taken a huge step towards not only starting a business, but also solidifying a support foundation for four under-resourced high-school girls. The store is owned by Alabama-native Tara Furlough, who opened the […]
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Restaurant is Family Affair & Covington’s Best Kept Secret
Walk in the door of the massive Gateway Center at the corner of Madison Avenue & Third Street at around noon on a weekday and you will find one of the busiest lunch spots in Northern Kentucky. Often the line is nearly out the door and every table is taken. Behind the counter, a tight-knit […]
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Braxton Takes Home Top Prize in Startup Brewery Challenge
Braxton Brewing Company has won Brewbound’s Startup Brewery Challenge. Braxton’s team will now have the opportunity to meet and brew with the Widmer Brothers team in Portland, Oregon. This collaboration will be served in Northern Kentucky. CEO and Co-Founder, Jake Rouse, presented to a crowd of 170 conference attendees that included brewery professionals, craft brewers, […]
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Braxton Brewing Company Announces New Beer, Plans to Help Fund Community Projects
Braxton Brewing Company has announced a new beer focused on highlighting and developing the area they call home. On June 13, Braxton will release “Trophy,” an American Pale Ale single hopped with Hull Melon hops. “We wanted to blow people away with Trophy, and I truly believe the beer we’ve created is going to do […]
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After Visiting Northern Kentucky, South Africa Native Moved Here & Opened Butchery
Buck Buchanon and his family have come a long way to find a home in Latonia where they have set up their meat shop and butchery called Premium Elite Foods on Decoursey Avenue. Buck is from South Africa where he went to agriculture college and specialized in bovine genetics. With that knowledge, he now makes […]
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Her Love of Shopping Led to Opening a Brand New Store in Alexandria
Stephanie Ryan loves to shop. So much so that she needed to start up her own business in order to curtail her spending habit. Initially, she began an online store that sold clothes from her home, but over time, the operation became too much for the household to deal with. “My husband got to […]
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These Two Local Creative Agencies Are Now One
Intrinzic is a branding company that is headquartered inside Newport on the Levee. Copperfox was a similar company with strengths in public relations that was based out of Cincinnati. The two companies complimented each other nicely on previous jobs, so six months ago they decided to merge. Intrinzic CEO Wendy Vonderhaar and Copperfox CEO […]
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Covington-based Bexion to Be Honored at White House
Bexion Pharmaceuticals LLC announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded the Company the prestigious Tibbetts Award, recognizing Bexion as a “Model of Excellence” for the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Awarded to less than two dozen companies nationwide in 2015, Bexion joins an elite group […]
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Businesses in Covington, Florence are Finalists in Cincinnati Pitch Competition
ArtWorks has named its eight finalists to be accepted in the 2015 Big Pitch program presented by U.S. Bank — and three of the businesses are from Northern Kentucky. The finalists represent the creative small businesses that will participate in ArtWorks’ 10-week mentorship program and business pitch competition to win up to $20,000 in business […]
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NKU Law Grad Wins NKY Business Pitch Competition
Northern Kentucky University graduate Bob Cassity wants to take the ‘paper’ out of legal paperwork – and a panel of venture capitalists says it’s the most innovative new idea in Northern Kentucky. Cassity’s company, Yves Law, won the Northern Kentucky Business Pitch Competition, held at UpTech in Covington on May 27 and sponsored by the […]