Kara Acri, owner of Covington-based Scarlet Begonia’s Flower Truck, wrestled with the decision to charge a 10% service fee on all her flower sales. The rationale? Tariffs. She told LINK nky the decision made her “sick to her stomach,” but ultimately, as a small business owner, she couldn’t avoid it. “It was a tough business […]
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Shannon Schumacher named NKY Chamber 2025 Spirit of Achievement Award
Shannon Schumacher is the recipient of the twelfth annual Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Initiative Spirit of Achievement Award. The award honors local women involved with the initiative who have made a significant impact on the progress of the program, experienced career success and been active in the community. Schumacher has been a longtime member of […]
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Support local restaurants, win prizes with #DineNKY initiative
A new, multi-organizational initiative is aiming to soften the blow to local restaurants brought about by the Big Mac Bridge closure as well as the predicable slow season that often occurs in late winter. Called DineNKY, the initiative will run from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14, and participants can enter to win prizes by patronizing […]
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How upcoming tax changes could impact NKY small businesses, estates
Wait-and-see mode – that was the prevailing consensus from a panel of financial professionals regarding the upcoming leadership changes in the executive branch. On Jan. 14, the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce hosted a government forum where wealth managers, tax professionals and estate planners shared their outlooks on how the incoming Trump administration could shape […]
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NKY Chamber says no new B2B sales tax expansion ‘best part’ of 2024 revenue bill
An expansion of Kentucky’s 6% sales tax to a new list of services was conspicuously left out of a state revenue bill passed by Kentucky lawmakers last spring, and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is pretty happy about it. Tami Wilson, Vice President of Public Affairs for the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, championed […]
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Kentucky lawmakers gear up for veto overrides on Friday
Kentucky lawmakers plan to spend much of their first day back in session Friday overriding Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes to six Senate bills, including one that would set new requirements for taking aging coal-fired power plants offline and another that would replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission with an independent gaming corporation.
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NKY Chamber of Commerce to host sixth annual Talent Strategies Symposium
Small business owners, operations, human resources professionals and C-suite leaders from around Northern Kentucky are set to discuss strategies for tackling workforce issues this week. The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is hosting its sixth annual Talent Strategies Symposium on Wednesday, March 13, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County […]
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Gateway to the commonwealth: Northern Kentucky’s appeal for tourism, business and talent
This story originally appeared in the March 1, 2024 LINK Reader. To get stories like this first, subscribe here. When you think of Northern Kentucky, do you think of the iconic water tower, or maybe the region’s ties to bourbon? Northern Kentucky is a community of 37 cities, three counties and over 400,000 people, many […]
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Applications open for NKY Chamber’s Business Impact Awards
Are you a business, or do you know a business that leads and innovates in its industry? The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for its 2024 Business Impact Awards. The awards honor businesses—small and large, new and long-standing that are positively impacting the Northern Kentucky community through innovation, creativity, strong business practices, […]
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NKY Chamber event highlights 2024 legislative priorities
Exactly how the 2024 annual legislative session in Frankfort will unfold is still uncertain. No pre-filed bills (which have been posted publicly on the website of the Legislative Research Commission before the start of each annual session in years past) have been officially posted for the 2024 session, although several Northern Kentucky lawmakers have announced […]
