This historic Sims Furniture sign is getting a facelift with help from the City of Covington. Covington has granted $7,500 to the Northern Kentucky Port Authority to aid in the refurbishing of the historic sign at the building set to house the entrepreneurial incubator SparkHaus. The incubator is located on Madison Avenue on the site […]
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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 […]
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Covington’s Sims Building to undergo multimillion-dollar transformation
A previous version of this story reported that the Kenton County Fiscal Court approved giving $13 million to the Northern Kentucky Port Authority for the project. The Fiscal Court approved $3 million for the project. LINK nky regrets the error. Since Covington’s Sims Furniture permanently shut their doors last April, the historic department store building […]