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Metro Louisville is growing. But which counties in the area are growing the fastest? We chat about that on this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast. It's undoubtable that the city has seen a lot of people move into the urban core with neighborhoods like Germantown and Butchertown becoming hot places to live during the last 10 years. But new U.S. Census numbers show us that the fastest growth has actually taken place in the suburbs between 2010 and 2020.After the growth talk, we switch gears and talk about Louisville's brewing scene. There's a new taproom in Louisville from Ashville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing. That gets us talking about how the brewing scene here compares to those in other cities of our size.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services like Apple Podcast, Spotify and Stitcher. 

We talk about economic development taking place on Louisville's South End on this week's Access Louisville podcast. A major piece of this is the recently redeveloped Colonial Gardens, which offers a bit of restaurant variety to the area.  Future development at Jefferson Riverport International is another big piece. After that we talk about some of Louisville's most overlooked neighborhoods.Following that discussion we catch up on some Humana news, including its recent acquisition of Kindred at Home. We also talk about how it's mandating vaccines for a significant part of its workforce. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. 

The pandemic is back on an upswing and so is ire over wearing masks. Sigh. This again, eh?We chat about both on the Access Louisville podcast this week, specifically on the news of a new mask mandate for schools and childcare settings from Gov. Andy Beshear. (That new mandate is being challenged in court by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.)We switch gears in the second half of the show to talk about restaurants, including the news that Royals Hot Chicken is closing a location in Louisville. We also talk about a new space for Wiltshire Pantry. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services.

Louisville Business First just released its annual Best Places to Work publication, ranking local employers based on employee feedback.This year's program is especially interesting in light of the fact that expectations about work have changed so much in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. We chat about what makes a great workplace and how our expectations have changed on this week's Access Louisville podcast.We switch gears in the second half of the show and talk about a new three new projects slated to roll out at Churchill Downs during the next three years.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify. 

Fans of hard seltzer in Louisville will have a new place to go as a craft seltzery is in the works in NuLu. We talk about the concept, which is new to this market, on the Access Louisville podcast.Craft beer has been all the rage these last twenty years or so. On the show we talk about whether craft seltzer will have the same success in the market. Later in the show, we talk about a West Louisville restaurant, Sweet Peaches, which has undergone some renovations thanks to a business incubator program for the area.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

We talk about the growing local bourbon scene on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Angel's Envy Distillery, located on East Main Street, just released renderings for an $8.5 million expansion project. We also just got a look at Brough Bros. new distillery in the Park Hill neighborhood. This is a small but significant new development, being as it's Kentucky's first Black-owned distillery. After the bourbon talk we discuss a new restaurant coming to Middletown: Chicken salad Chick; as well a new Quill's coffee shop in St. Matthews.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

We chat more about the Louisville mayor's race on this week's Access Louisville podcast, particularly in terms of fundraising.Early reports are in and one candidate, former 21C Hotels CEO Craig Greenberg, has surged ahead of others in the Democratic field with the support of some well-known names in the business community.The numbers are interesting, with Greenberg raising 30 times more than the next closest candidate, but it is very early in the race. Voters won't pick a new mayor until November 2022. After that we talk about the state of college sports, based on the news that a new local sports marketing agency has been formed. And at the end of the show we chat about a new sundae shop in Nulu. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

These days it seems a lot of executives are looking for something new.We talk about that on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Louisville Business First reporter Chris Larson joins the show to talk about several recent executive changes at Louisville area organizations, including Humana Inc., the Humana Foundation, Hosparus and Fund For The Arts.After that we talk about a new flight to Austin from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. And we chat about where airport officials want to go next. Finally, we wrap things up with a little Fourth of July talk.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on most popular podcast services. 

There were three big acquisitions in the last week and we talk about them all on this week's Access Louisville podcast. We don't know the dollar figures on these deals but it seems likely that national long-term acute care player Kindred Healthcare was the largest.  This last week also saw the sale of Liquor Barn, a popular Kentucky retailer; and LEO Weekly, a small but still a well-known business among the media savvy in Louisville. We go over all three acquisitions with Louisville Business First reporters Haley Cawthon and Chris Larson. After that we lighten things up a bit and talk about a few new places to visit in town, including a new brewery in the Portland neighborhood and a new bourbon bar in Downtown Louisville.And, lastly, we chat about a new report that says Louisvillians are good drivers — surprising right?Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from LouisvilleBusinessFirst.com. It can be found on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Spotify and Stitcher. 

You'll get the latest on Louisville's ever changing restaurant scene on this week's Access Louisville podcast.Reporter Haley Cawthon joins the show to tell us about recent restaurant changes, including one of several new Cajun seafood restaurants, the return of Wiltshire on Market and a high-profile retirement in the pizza business.After that, we have an update on the Louisville mayor's race — including the news that Louisville Metro Councilman David James is stepping out of the race and former Councilwoman Barbara Sexton-Smith is teaming up with candidate Craig Greenberg. We've got some news on a potential run by former Louisville Forward chief Mary Ellen Wiederwohl too. Lastly, we talk with Reporter Marty Finley, who is leaving Louisville Business First for a new opportunity, about his time in journalism. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitche

This week on the Access Louisville podcast we focus our attention on the plan to revitalize Downtown Louisville in the wake of this past year. Mariah Gratz, CEO of commercial real estate developer Weyland Ventures, as well as Rebecca Fleishaker, of Louisville Forward both joined the show. Gratz and Fleishaker recently participated on what's called the Downtown Louisville Revitalization Team, which aims to breath live back into the neighborhood. On the show we talk about some of the ideas that came out of that commission, wants we have for the area, property challenges, perceptions and misperceptions and much more.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services like Apple Podcast, Spotify and Stitcher. 

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer still has more than a year left in office but candidates are already lining up to replace him. This week on the Access Louisville podcast we talk about some of the candidates in the race thus far, including Bill Dieruf, a Republican from Jeffersontown, who is set to announce his candidacy. Other candidates include Louisville Metro Councilman David James, former 21c Museum Hotels President and CEO Craig Greenberg, pastor and community organizer Timothy Findley Jr. and Shameka Parrish-Wright, a co-chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and manager of the Louisville Bail Project.During the discussion we talk about some big issues that will face the new mayor; as well as traits we'd like to see from a new mayor.After that we talk about the suspension of legendary trainer Bob Baffert from Churchill Downs tracks and what it means to horse racing in general. And lastly, we talk about coffee shop favorites, on the news that Heine Bros. is launching a

We talk about the recent sale of two Downtown  office buildings on this week's Access Louisville podcast.The first building is the Artspace Building near the Brown Hotel, where a new apartment development is planned. The Kentucky Home Life, corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets also recently sold. A mixed use development (consisting of retail, hotel and apartment space) is planned there. We were a little surprised to hear about a new hotel coming in considering the Covid-19 pandemic but this is a future project after all.Later in the show we chat about a new high-end liquor store coming to NuLu and a local bar, Trouble Bar, which has received some national accolades. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First.

We talk about a new development along the riverfront in Clarksville, Indiana this week on the Access Louisville podcast. Bolt + Tie offers co-working space, high-end apartments and more, reporter Marty Finley tells us on the show. This one flew under the radar during the development process. It's one of the latest new places to go on the Indiana side of the river, which has been quickly developing during the last few years.Later in the show, we speak with Reporter Chris Larson about a former Walmart Neighborhood Market store that's being converted into medical offices by Norton Healthcare. This new location will allow some services at nearby Norton Audubon Hospital to grow and expand.Finally, we wrap up the show with news of a new restaurant being developed near Oxmoor Center, called Capital Grille. It's an upscale steakhouse owned by Darden restaurants, which gets us talking about our favorite steak restaurants.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's ava

This week on the Access Louisville podcast we talk about a handful of new restaurants that are opening up. The Clifton and Frankfort Avenue areas are looking especially attractive to Louisville diners, thanks to the opening of Phantom Cafe and the planned Gilberto Gelato. But there's also a problem in the restaurant industry (well ... many industries, but especially the restaurant industry) and that's staffing. We talk about how unemployment checks are keeping many people out of the workforce and how that's hurting restaurants.  Later in the show we chat about new plans for Kentucky Kingdom, which is under new ownership. And we talk about a new bourbon that's being released from Evan Williams. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services. 

We chat about the Kentucky Derby on the most recent episode of the Access Louisville podcast. Derby feels a bit odd this year because the crowds and excitement around town have been dampened by the pandemic. But it also feels nice for some of us to be going back to Churchill this year, after such a difficult year in 2020.We talk about favorite derby memories, derby bucket list activities and ways in which we could improve the derby going forward. After the Derby talk, we chat about another upcoming event: The Kentucky State Fair. As of now, it's looking like the fair will return to its 2019 form allowing for visitors. Last year, only fair entries were allowed, again because of the pandemic.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services. 

Audio Quality Warning: Due to a technical glitch, the audio quality on this episode is rough. This week on the Access Louisville Podcast we talk about some new features coming to the Norton Commons. We also talk about some of the problems with the neighborhood, including it's location.Later in the show we talk about a lawsuit involving former UofL President James Ramsey.  And we discuss improvements we'd like to see at Churchill Downs. 

Jefferson Property Valuations Administrator Colleen Younger joins the Access Louisville podcast this week. We talk about an upcoming reassessment of property that could affect thousands of homeowners and business in the county. Younger's office is required by the state's constitution to reassess real property in order figure out a value, which your tax bill is going to be based on.She tells us how that value is figured, what the office is doing to address rising values in inner city neighborhoods (which have the potential to displace low income residents who might not be able to afford a higher tax bill) and the process of appealing a tax bill.  There's more information on the reassessment here.Later in the show, we switch gears and talk about a new challenge from Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to increase vaccinations in the state. The governor says he will lift certain Covid-19 restrictions on businesses once a vaccination threshold is reached.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisv

We  talk about a couple of big issues with the Kentucky unemployment system this week on the Access Louisville podcast. First,  we discuss this week's news that the system has been temporarily shut down by the state following what Gov. Andy Beshear called a sophisticated cyber attack and an organized fraud effort. The shutdown was necessary in order to keep cyber criminals from taking money that would have otherwise gone to Kentuckians using the program. The system is expected to be back up within days. More details on the shutdown here. We also talk about the problem of unemployment fraud (where a fraudster tries to take out unemployment insurance in your name) — a rampant issue during the pandemic, local accounting firms tell us.Lastly we talk about the Courier-Journal selling it's building in Downtown Louisville and some of the rundown newsrooms that Business Firsters have worked in over the years.Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular pod

This week on the Access Louisville podcast we talk about different things that need to happen in order for Downtown to  recover from both the Covid-19 pandemic and the civil unrest that occurred in the last year. This podcast ties in with Louisville Business First's special report: Downtown Rebound, which you can check out here. We discuss a lot of different ideas on the show from addressing public safety concerns to adding more residential, particularly in office buildings that just aren't as in demand as they used to be. More green space and parks are also discussed. And we learn what a "streetery" is.Access Louisville is the weekly podcast of Louisville Business First. It can be found on popular services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and more.