How renovations could boost Covington's Innovation Alley

Innovation Alley in Covington is known for fostering new businesses and bringing change to the region, but now officials are trying to bring change to the alley itself.

IT'S A SMALL ALLEY WITH A BIGINFLUENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.."INNOVATION ALLEY" INCOVINGTON IS KNOWN FORBRINGING NEW BUSINESSES TO OURREGION..AND SOON - IT WILLALSO BRING A NEW LOOK TO THECITY.AS WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTERPAOLA SURO TELLS US - ARENOVATION PROJECT WILL SOONBE UNDERWAY - WITH THE HOPE TOINCREASE ACTIVITY IN NORTHERNKENTUCKY.HERE ON INNOVATION ALLEY INCOVINGTONIT'S ALL ABOUTENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SEEINGSOMETHING NEW.

NOW - THE ALLEYIS GETTING A FACELIFT OF ITSOWN.çNATS: BELLSÑOUT WITHáSOMEá OLD -çNATS: BELLSÑANDIN WITH áLOTSá OF NEW.çNATS:BELLSÑ"how do we make someimprovements to activate theoutdoor space which during thepandemic we've seen becomeseven more important to haveactive outdoor spaces wherepeople can safely collaboratetogether."THIS ONE-BLOCKSTRETCH IS KNOWN FOR THEINNOVATION TAKING PLACE INSIDETHE BUILDINGS.BUT NOW THECREATIVITY IS BEING TAKENBEYOND THESE WALLS."this issomething that's part of thefabric of covington.

It's partof our values and the way welive and the way our downtownfunctions." FROM RESTORING THEBRICK PAVERS UNDER THE ASPHALT-TO INCORPORATING ARTWORK ANDLIGHTING ALONG THE ALLEY -THISIS WHAT THEY HOPE "INNOVATIONALLEY" WILL LOOK LIKE.COVINGTON'S ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TOM WESTKNOWS THIS WILL DRIVE EVENMORE ACTIVITY TO THEENTREPRENEURIAL AREA."we'vealready seen tremendous amountof growth with theaccelarators we've had hereboth with uptech and aviatraand we anticipate there'll beeven more of that in thefuture!"THE CITY IS WORKING ONAPPLYING FOR GRANTS ANDLOOKING INTO FUNDING OPTIONSTO TURN THIS DREAM INTOREALITY.WEST SAYS THAT THISPROJECT - ESTIMATED TO COST UPTO 300,000 DOLLARS - WILLMAKE SURE TO BALANCECOVINGTON'S HISTORY - ANDEMBRACE THE NEW THINGS TO COME.çNATSÑ"the north side of thealley all the property here isowned by the roman catholicchurch and the mother of godchurch.

On the other side ofthe alley are some of thenewest companies in the world.we've got one of the oldestinstitution in the world andsome of the newest companiesand they're 12 feet apart andthey coexist beautifully!PAOLASURO WCPO 9 NEWS.