A long-vacant historic building in the center of Dayton’s central business district is now poised for a new life. The 137-year old Raymee/Burton Building at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Berry Street was purchased by Covington-based Orleans Development which plans to restore it. The $1.8 million effort is expected to result in a mixed-use […]
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Jacob Price Historical Marker Returns to Covington Ground
The historical marker honoring Jacob Price was taken down and placed in storage in 2015 as the housing projects named for him were to be razed and replaced by River’s Edge at Eastside Pointe. Now the marker is back in view in a new location. Price, who died in 1923, was a pastor at the […]
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Park Hills Focus of NKY History Hour
The City of Park Hills and its history will be the focus of Behringer-Crawford Museum’s NKY History Hour. The virtual event, broadcast via Zoom and on Facebook, is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25 at 6:30 p.m. Park Hills was an early Northern Kentucky suburb where streetcars, one-car families, and bicycles created a quiet landscape. “Neighbors […]
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More Covington Properties Slated for Significant Makeover Before Being Sold
A group of well-known local developers are expected to be awarded bids to develop five vacant properties in Covington’s Westside neighborhood, near where nearly a dozen other parcels are also poised for redevelopment in a collaboration by the Center for Great Neighborhoods and Orleans Development. The group, known as the Neighborhood Development Collective (NDC), includes […]
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More Covington Properties Slated for Significant Makeover Before Being Sold
A group of well-known local developers are expected to be awarded bids to develop five vacant properties in Covington’s Westside neighborhood, near where nearly a dozen other parcels are also poised for redevelopment in a collaboration by the Center for Great Neighborhoods and Orleans Development. The group, known as the Neighborhood Development Collective (NDC), includes […]
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More Covington Properties Slated for Significant Makeover Before Being Sold
A group of well-known local developers are expected to be awarded bids to develop five vacant properties in Covington’s Westside neighborhood, near where nearly a dozen other parcels are also poised for redevelopment in a collaboration by the Center for Great Neighborhoods and Orleans Development. The group, known as the Neighborhood Development Collective (NDC), includes […]
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Four River City Projects Awarded Funds from Duke Energy Foundation
A rooftop restaurant in downtown Covington, an old grain factory in Newport’s transformation to a restaurant, an historic Dayton building, and the old St. Elizabeth Hospital renovation are all recipients of grant funding from the Duke Energy Foundation. The regional utility announced the recipients of its 2021 Urban Revitalization grants in Ohio and Kentucky. $110,000 […]
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Four River City Projects Awarded Funds from Duke Energy Foundation
A rooftop restaurant in downtown Covington, an old grain factory in Newport’s transformation to a restaurant, an historic Dayton building, and the old St. Elizabeth Hospital renovation are all recipients of grant funding from the Duke Energy Foundation. The regional utility announced the recipients of its 2021 Urban Revitalization grants in Ohio and Kentucky. $110,000 […]
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River City Living: Inside the New Pickle Factory Boutique Hotel
The final episode from the second season of Beyond the Curb: River City Living, a video series exploring urban living in Northern Kentucky’s river cities and produced by the Catalytic Fund, brings us inside the new Pickle Factory boutique short-term rental hotel in Covington. The episode can be viewed here. The River City News previously brought […]
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River City Living: Inside the New Pickle Factory Boutique Hotel
The final episode from the second season of Beyond the Curb: River City Living, a video series exploring urban living in Northern Kentucky’s river cities and produced by the Catalytic Fund, brings us inside the new Pickle Factory boutique short-term rental hotel in Covington. The episode can be viewed here. The River City News previously brought […]