Restauranteur Billy Grise and his business partner Mitch Arens are opening Carmelo’s, an American Italian restaurant in Covington, to honor Grise’s great-grandfather’s legacy.
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SparkHaus: Northern Kentucky’s new hub for entrepreneurs, startups
Northern Kentucky’s entrepreneurial community is getting a new headquarters where founders, investors and support organizations can collaborate under one roof. Going forward, the new name of the shuttered Sims Furniture building, located in Covington’s Central Business District at 727 Madison Ave., will be SparkHaus. The building’s windows are currently wrapped with colorful displays touting a […]
Wenzel Whiskey converting Covington’s vacant Bilz Insurance building into distillery
A Covington whiskey blending company is expanding its operations within the city, including transforming the vacant Bilz Insurance building into a distillery. Founded in 2022, Wenzel Whiskey operates out of the Pickle Factory Hotel in Covington’s Tobacco Alley. The Bilz Insurance building is next door, located along Madison Avenue. Since its founding, Wenzel has not […]
NKY Giving Circle Announces $16,000 in Funding for 2020 Grant
Applications open October 1 for nonprofits serving early childhood needs The 410, Horizon Community Funds’ giving circle for emerging philanthropists, met last week and nearly 40 members voted to focus their combined gifts on early childhood, an area that is often referenced as overlooked and underfunded in NKY. (Img: Tony Milburn & Brent Cooper) Horizon […]

