Sometimes the corn top's ripe and the meadow's in bloom. The birds make music all day. And sometimes – by and by – hard times come a knockin' at the door. Like in 2008-09 when the U.S. economy imploded. It was tough for businesses to survive, and rare for them to grow. But some beat the odds. And some of them did so in Northern Kentucky.
With the recent merger of St. Elizabeth Medical Center with St. Luke Hospitals last fall, Northern Kentucky has opened itself up to the exciting possibility of regional collaboration among the area's multiple life science industries.
In a few weeks, more than 500 of the world's top athletes will be flying into the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. During their international flight, they'll travel in first class, business and coach accommodations. They'll be served an in-flight meal and drink service will be generous. The only thing is, they'll have to stand for the entire nine-hour flight. It's okay, though. They're used to it, being horses and all.
Japan is the largest source of foreign direct investment in Northern Kentucky. However, it’s not all business. There is a thriving Japanese community that has grown up around the Toyota-centric Northern Kentucky economic base, which has forged strong cultural ties between the Bluegrass State and Japan.
The first Downtown skyscraper in 20 years gets her crown, a contemporary theatre group creates Cincinnati's first LGBT Theatre Festival, a pioneering vegetarian eatery gets a new life and the completion of the nation's first K-12 arts school are just some of the things Soapbox will be watching in 2010.
There's a competition for everything, even packaging. And that's what took place this month in Hebron. The LogistXGames, presented by UPS, was in full swing and ready to box it all up. Here's what the event looked like.
Through this state-of-the-art location tool, businesses and real estate professionals can access valuable information critical to expansion and relocation decisions in Northern Kentucky. Obtain economic, planning, geographic and demographic information with a few simple clicks.
A program designed to spark growth in Northern Kentucky's urban neighborhoods is one step closer to bringing the financial power of its corporate citizens to bear.
Seven manufacturers expanded into Northern Kentucky, bringing investment, jobs, and a bright future. To find out the reasons for the move and what the companies see in the area, Thrive tracked a few of them down.
There are several plans and large-scale developments underway in the river cities of Newport, Covington and Dayton that are exciting and all different, but have some common threads: connecting neighborhoods, natural resources and amenities and jobs.
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