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BREAKING: CentrePointe deadline extended yet again
Another week, another deadline extension for CentrePointe, the long delayed but apparently back under construction development that so far has produced little more than a city block-wide... more
BREAKING: Lexington projects again win Knight Cities Challenge funding
Lexington community projects once again are set to receive a financial windfall thanks to the city’s historical connection to the Knight media empire.This year’s Knight Cities Challenge winners include a plan to enhance programming... more
Big things brewing: Legislation poised to pass, West Sixth announces downtown tap room, Country Boy to break ground on Georgetown facility
Lexington’s top microbreweries are heralding state legislation to expand production limits under a bill that passed both chambers, and two -- West Sixth and Country Boy -- are wasting no time, with the former announcing a new tap room... more
Commonwealth of Hemp: Kentucky continues to sow seeds of industrial crop's resurgence
Illustration by Catherine NicholsSelect Kentucky farmers will be growing more hemp in 2016 than at any time since the federal government effectively banned the crop in the 1930s,... more
RESTAURANT NEWS: The Macho Nacho closes after 3 months
The Macho Nacho, the Tex-Mex dining spot in Chevy Chase that opened in December on the city's rising Euclid Avenue corridor, has shut its doors, owner Aaron Rothke confirmed Monday.“The Macho Nacho is now closed,” Rothke... more
Castle & Key to grace label on spirits made at historic Old Taylor Distillery
Master distiller Marianne Barnes is making spirits at the reborn Old Taylor Distillery. Photo by Theresa StanleySpirits produced at the reborn operation at the historic Old Taylor... more
GoodGiving Guide Challenge raises more than $1.3 million for area nonprofits
Lexington’s fifth annual GoodGiving Guide Challenge charity fundraising drive raised more than $1.3 million for 115 nonprofits serving central and eastern Kentucky.The online and phone-in donation program is an initiative of... more
Fayette Alliance leader moving to UK Healthcare post
The Fayette Alliance has announced that founding Executive Director Knox van Nagell is joining UK Healthcare next month.The move caps a decade of work for van Nagell in building the Fayette Alliance, which promotes sustainable... more
Lexington’s East End, North Limestone neighborhoods picked for economic revitalization project
Lexington has been chosen to be part of an intensive revitalization effort, joining six other U.S. cities that will receive a year or more of expert assistance aimed at boosting the economic viability of entire neighborhoods.The... more
BREAKING NEWS: Billy's Bar-B-Q closes, site bought by Joella's Hot Chicken
Billy’s Bar-B-Q, a Lexington institution for more than 37 years, has abruptly closed its doors, selling it’s high-profile Chevy Chase location to Louisville-based Joella’s Hot Chicken.The deal closed Monday morning, according... more
UK announces largest ever single gift, $23 million to create honors college
UK coach John Calipari, from right, joins with UK President Eli Capilouto in presenting a pair of personalized basketball jerseys to philanthropists Thomas and Jan Lewis.The University... more
Lexington Young Professionals Association honors emerging leaders
The Lexington Young Professionals Association highlighted 10 emerging local leaders Tuesday night during it annual banquet.The association honors the work of young leaders in the areas of business, leadership, community engagement... more
Distillery District to use $140K stormwater management grant for permeable pavers
Lexington’s Distillery District has secured a grant of more than $140,000 from the Lexington-Fayette Department of Environmental Quality & Public Works to aid stormwater management in the thriving entertainment area that has sprung... more
UPDATE: City considers paying Cincinnati firm nearly $200K to aid search for new government center
Lexington’s search for a new city hall moved a step forward Tuesday as Mayor Jim Gray was expected to consider a council panel’s recommendation that the city pay nearly $200,000 to a Cincinnati-based consulting group for help weighing... more
Blue Grass Community Foundation wins $675,000 grant to boost collaborative neighborhood efforts
The Blue Grass Community Foundation has been awarded a grant of $675,000 by the Kresge Foundation to help foster collaborations among groups and individuals working to revitalize Lexington’s north and east sides.The money, which... more
Keeneland September yearling sale wraps with strong numbers
Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale, one of the largest public sales of young Thoroughbreds in the United States, finished Sept. 26 with strong numbers. The 12-day auction ended with total receipts of $281,496,100, up from last year’s... more
Comer tells hemp backers: Kentucky will be 'epicenter' of industrial production, processing
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer told a gathering in Lexington that industrial hemp is poised for exponential growth, with thousands of jobs from field work to possessing to sales expected to follow.“We’re going... more
EXCLUSIVE: CentrePointe stirs, city weighs 2 proposals to aid planning for new city hall
In the wake of ownership change at the long stalled CentrePointe project, the City of Lexington is weighing proposals from two consulting groups vying to help decide where a new city hall should be built.“We issued an RFP on... more
Lexington hosts leaders at regional broadband conference
Lexington is playing host to government, business and technology leaders from across a 12-state region as the Broadband Communities economic development conference gets under way downtown.The roaming conference, which previously... more
GOP candidate for governor Bevin pivots from Kim Davis fight to talk about economic issues
Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin spoke Thursday afternoon to a gathering of Lexington business leaders about a range of economic issues facing the Commonwealth, from the pension crisis and coal to local-option sales taxes... more