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Klingenberg's Hardware is a Covington business that has been around for nearly 100 years.

‘Real money’ is waiting to be invested in Covington’s small businesses and workers

Covington has expanded an emergency fund set up to help small businesses pay rent and mortgages during the pandemic so it can help long-established businesses that neither pay rent nor have a mortgage.

Harris Media in Newport recorded the stories of entrepreneurs coping with the pandemic.
‘Saving Small’: A small business documents the stories of other entrepreneurs during the pandemic

A video project called “Saving Small” is a snapshot in time, a documentary record of small-business owners coping with a problem they had never anticipated.

A rendering from Hub + Weber architects of a redesigned Latonia Plaza.
New tech-focused owners of Latonia Plaza are thinking outside the big box

The project has been touted as a catalyst to spur further development in and around the site.

A young Kareem Simpson at his mother's graduation from NKU's nursing school in 1984.
Growing up black in the inner city taught me that police violence is a problem for all of us

The sad truth is, the African American community has long pointed out the presence of police brutality and the fact that wide, sweeping reform is needed.

Harris Media in Newport recorded the stories of entrepreneurs coping with the pandemic.
‘Saving Small’: A small business documents the stories of other entrepreneurs during the pandemic

A video project called “Saving Small” is a snapshot in time, a documentary record of small-business owners coping with a problem they had never anticipated.

OTR’s Chamber of Commerce creates the Small Business Fund to provide recovery support

The goal is to raise $500,000 to provide grants up to $20,000 to help cover reopening costs for small businesses in OTR and in neighboring Pendleton.

A rendering from Hub + Weber architects of a redesigned Latonia Plaza.
New tech-focused owners of Latonia Plaza are thinking outside the big box

The project has been touted as a catalyst to spur further development in and around the site.

The COVID-19 Regional Response Fund allowed Shared Harvest Foodbank to continue distribution

A $60,000 donation enabled the purchase of boxes, infant formula, lease trucks for food delivery, and supported additional operating expenses that were incurred because of the crisis.

Video & Co. [VIDEO] featuring Mike Lydon re: public places, streets and COVID-19

Yard & Company's video podcast series focuses on COVID-19 and the impact on cities. Episode three features Brooklyn-based Mike Lydon from Street Plans. Lydon is a key leader of the Tactical Urbanism movement globally.

A young Kareem Simpson at his mother's graduation from NKU's nursing school in 1984.
Growing up black in the inner city taught me that police violence is a problem for all of us

The sad truth is, the African American community has long pointed out the presence of police brutality and the fact that wide, sweeping reform is needed.

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