Calling all technology entrepreneurs! UpTech is looking for its fourth class of start-ups. The Covington-based accelerator for informatics-driven start-ups announced Wednesday morning that it will open online applications starting May 1 for its fourth funding round—UpTech IV. Applications for UpTech IV, which starts in September 2015, are due by June 21, 2015. UpTech is seeking entrepreneurs who […]
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College Students Compete in Northern Kentucky for Start-Up Funds, Bragging Rights
Idea State U, a nationally recognized business plan competition designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship on the college level, held a regional competition at Gateway Community & Technical College’s Boone County Campus. The competition has a business plan and a business model category and each of the top four competing groups advance to the state […]
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Lift One to Braxton: Brewery Debuts Its Space in Downtown Covington
“Lift one to life.” That’s the slogan of Braxton Brewing Company which opened its doors for the first time Wednesday evening in a packed soft opening at the Seventh Street building in Downtown Covington the upstart brewery just finished renovating. Tons of visitors lifted to life and to Braxton, 51 weeks after the family-owned business decided […]
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Two Friends Team Up to Bring New Business to Pike Street
A year ago this month, Covington native Kelly Charlton took a chance on her childhood home and purchased a historic downtown building at the corner of Pike and Madison that had fallen into disrepair. After months of renovation work, the first two floors of the building, which include three commercial spaces and a single-bedroom apartment, […]
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With BID on Hold, Covington Business Council Looks to Renovate a Storefront
The Covington Business Council is changing its focus after spending the better part of the previous two-plus years pushing for the implementation of a Business Improvement District (BID) in Downtown Covington. The BID, which requires signatures from a majority of the commercial property owners in the district while also representing a majority of the property […]
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Darkness is Brewing in Bellevue — Or Will Be Soon!
Darkness is brewing in Bellevue, but in all the right ways. Two men—Eric Bosler and Ron Sanders—are working to open a brew-pub there called Darkness Brewing, and while there are still many steps for them to take before becoming a business—they are shooting for this fall as a general time frame to open their doors. […]
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Northern Kentucky’s First Free-Standing Microbrewery Announces Opening Date
Covington’s Braxton Brewing Company has announced its opening date and the first beers it will offer. The new brewery will open on March 27 as Northern Kentucky’s first free-standing microbrewery where founding brothers Jake & Evan Rouse, father Greg Rouse, and master brewer Richard Dube, will “lift one to life”, in the “taproom of the […]
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Magazine: Kentucky Tops Nation in Business Creation
he nation is taking notice of Kentucky’s record-breaking 2014 economic development efforts. Gov. Steve Beshear announced Tuesday that Kentucky placed first nationally in Site Selection magazine’s annual Governor’s Cup rankings for new and expanded industry activity per capita in 2014. Site Selection editor Mark Arend presented the Governor’s Cup trophy to Beshear at a ceremony Tuesday […]
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Beer Bill Passes Kentucky House, Koenig Amendment Defeated
A bill passed the House by a vote of 67-31 today that would affirm that the state’s three-tier system of regulating alcoholic beverage producers, distributors and retailers applies to beer. “All this bill does, when boiled down to its simplest terms, is bring into compliance with current law that exists for wine and distilled spirits […]
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Creative Woodworkers Open Businesses on Pike Street
Two separate businesses are creating very unique products inside a building on West Pike Street in Downtown Covington. On one side, Steven Sander makes metal and wooden pieces of furniture and other objects, which have an artistic element. On the other side, three sisters make wooden signs, homemade gifts, and framed art as part of […]