Business & Development Archives

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.

Kickstarter campaign for Vansauwa’s nears deadline

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 9, 2019

Owners Desaepa Vansauwa and Zirconia Alleyne are seeking backers to help equip a new food trailer.

Barbecue and event pavilion added to the mix at Dick’s liquor store

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 8, 2019

A new owner has added a pavilion behind the liquor store and sells barbecue from a food truck on the property.

It would take more than a grill fire to shut down Ferrell’s for good

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 6, 2019

A fire that broke out late Thursday at Ferrell’s won’t mean the end of the tiny restaurant that’s been serving cheeseburgers and chili on Main Street since 1936.

Ferrell’s heavily damaged in late night fire; grill likely was the cause

by Cory Sharber
July 5, 2019

The small Main Street restaurant has been a fixture of downtown Hopkinsville since 1936.

Crane crew removes old elevator through third-floor roof of McCoy building

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 1, 2019

The elevator for the three-story building that previously housed J.C. Penney apparently had not been used in decades.