Business & Development Archives

Inner-City board OKs funding for 35 residential demo projects

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 21, 2019

Hopkinsville City Council will have to approve the Inner-City REZ board's plan to use roughly $175,000 on demolition projects.

Emerging Technologies Center set to open at community college

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 17, 2019

The center will broaden HCC’s capacity to teach technical skills for health, agriculture and industrial fields.

Hopkinsville Rotary donates $200,000 to Boys and Girls Club

by WKMS
August 15, 2019

The donation will help the Boys and Girls Club build a new 2,100-square-foot kitchen at its Walnut Street facility.

Murray’s Briggs and Stratton closing; plant has 600 full-time workers

by WKMS
August 15, 2019

The Milwaukee-based company, which has had a plant in Murray for more than 30 years, announced on Thursday plans to consolidate production of its small vertical-shaft engines to its Poplar Bluff, Missouri facility.

Construction set to begin on apartment building for seniors

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 15, 2019

Kirkman Terrace will have a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments for renters who are at least 55 years old and meet income restrictions.

The Mixer will be ‘popping up’ at brewery to serve supper, test menu

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 7, 2019

The Mixer is still a few months away from its opening on Sixth Street, but owners will begin serving customers this afternoon from a mobile kitchen at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Funeral providers Beard and Giles expanding local firm

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 23, 2019

Dogwood Funerals and Cremation will open in a former church building at 709 Country Club Lane.

Workers repairing a collapsed wall at the rear of Seventh Street properties

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 17, 2019

A brick wall is being rebuilt at the rear of two adjoining buildings that date to the late 19th century.

New barbershop open on South Main Street

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 17, 2019

Walker's Tonsorial Parlor will eventually have four barber's chairs in the former boutique building that is undergoing renovations. For now, owner Jason Walker is using a section in the rear of the building. Customers will use the entrance on 11th Street.

Kickstarter effort short of goal for Vansauwa’s but work continues

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 12, 2019

Owners Desaepa Vansauwa and Zirconia Alleyne will continue catering and serving from their tent while looking for other options to equip a new food trailer.

Brewery selects Hoptown Chronicle for nonprofit support

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 11, 2019

Hoptown Chronicle, recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3), will receive a contribution from Hopkinsville Brewing Co. based on the brewery's July gross sales.

Plans set for new parking lot but Sixth St. pocket park is on hold

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 10, 2019

One improvement project on East Sixth Street is moving ahead and will create new free parking downtown, but another project in the same block has been delayed indefinitely out of concerns about the potential for loitering and vagrancy.