Reassurances and information from both Kenton County Fiscal Court members and county professionals did little to quell the suspicions of south Kenton County residents who packed the fiscal court chambers in Covington this week. “Let’s be honest, this initiative isn’t about readiness,” said resident Rhonda Shank. “It’s about paving over farmland. Land that feeds us, […]
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Rural Kenton County residents weigh options to curb industrial development
UPDATE: We have added some additional information and correspondence from the county to provide more context to readers. Lines have been added to include this information, but the text is otherwise unaltered from its original version. –LINK nky Editorial, July 3, 2025 Residents in southern Kenton County met this week to discuss ways to push […]
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Opposition to Site Readiness Initiative continues in Kenton County
Outcry against the possibility of more industrial development in the southern end of Kenton County, a comparatively rural part of the region, continued this week at the most recent meeting of the Kenton County Fiscal Court. “We are not going away,” said county resident Rhonda Shank at Tuesday’s meeting, encouraging the fiscal court members to […]
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Kenton County wants to attract more industrial development. Residents? Not so much
What Kenton County is calling its site readiness initiative is proving unpopular among residents of the southern end of the county. A joint venture of the Kenton County Fiscal Court, Northern Kentucky Port Authority and Kenton County Planning and Development Services, the site readiness initiative aims to catalog available land in the county ideal for […]