Community Arts Centers Day

Community Arts Centers enliven neighborhoods throughout our region, make the tri-state area a great place to live, work, play, and stay and provide access to a wide range of art opportunities which bring people together to share experiences and ideas; inspire children, adults, and families; and help to create vibrant and connected communities. Currently sixteen cities, townships, and villages have officially proclaimed September 12, 2010 as Community Arts Centers Day.

The Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington will be host an exhibit on Sunday the 12th from 12-4pm. CGN’s Art by Covington’s Future Enterprises will present a display of their digital photography “Digital Summer”, which features the photographs chosen for the Covington Neighborhood Collaborative 2011 Architecture of Covington calendar. The youth receive a commission for each photograph sold and the remainder of the funds will be used to benefit the Art by Covington’s Future program costs. The exhibit will also preview the calendar whose proceeds will benefit the Covington Neighborhood Collaborative.

Covington's My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus will perform outside in the Center’s Pavilion at 1:30 pm. After the show families will have the opportunity to walk the wire, balance on the rola bola and rolling globe and learn to juggle. And hula hoop, they will be bringing lots of hoops for families to use.

The Center for Great Neighborhoods is located at 1650 Russell St. in Covington.

For more information about Community Arts Centers Day, a complete list of the community arts centers involved, and details about the types of programming for the day, please visits www.findyourcenternow.com. FindYourCenterNow.com is a shared website designed to build awareness for the community arts centers across the region and will have its official launch with Community Arts Centers Day on September 12, 2010.

Goebel Park Recovery Garden

Join us on May26th at 4pm at Goebel Park to learn about the community garden and how you can get involved.

1118 Holman

Windows Windows Windows!
1118 Holman

Windows have just been installed and this really brightens up this house.

Our Holman homes under rehab are coming along nicely. Below are some shots from this week. The rehabs are funded by the City of Covington and LISC.

1114 Holman
New windows


New porch



The cornice on 1114 was fully rebuilt, and we think this is a great detail that adds to the quality of the home.







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The mortar is being sealed and the unnecessary window openings are being bricked in to enhance the insulation value of the northern wall.

Concerned about the future of Kenton County’s hillsides?

Concerned about the future of Kenton County’s hillsides?


Join NKAPC for a second public forum on the future of this community asset.



Date: May 4, 2010

Time: 6:00 to 8:30 PM

Location: Lakeside Christian Church, 195 Buttermilk Pike


Join the discussion. Voice your opinions. Ask questions of a panel of professionals. Help build community consensus on this important topic.

For more information, contact NKAPC at 859.331.8980 or thehills@nkapc.org.



If you wish to leave your comments prior to the public forum or cannot make the event, visit our online discussion forum at www.nkapc.org/HillsProject.html.



Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission 2332 Royal Dr Ft Mitchell KY 41017-2088 ( 859.331.8980 7 859.331.8987 È 859.663.0771

Community Gardens

The Center staff has got in the Spring spirit. We built a garden with raised garden beds in CGN’s back yard in 3 hours!

Many thanks to Andrea and Dan from the Extension Service for their expert guidance and to the City for mulch!

We planted Vidalia onions and Yukon Gold and Kennebec White potatoes. The Extension Service’s Home Harvest urban gardening classes will plant in two of the other beds this coming Monday evening. Feel free to stop by sometime and check out our new garden space!

Quest 2010!

Covington Quest

In 2009, 34 teams attempted the Covington Quest and succeeded in an exhaustingly fun day of mental and physical challenges. On June 19th, 2010- Covington Quest returns and packs a punch of more exhilarating challenges and changes. Inspired by the famously addictive reality show, “The Amazing Race”, Covington Quest is scavenger hunt meets timed race through the beautiful streets of Covington. This one of a kind urban adventure takes it’s participants through a four mile course, with twelve secret locations to complete sometimes mental, and sometimes physical challenges. Each secret location the teams come across offers another clue to a different location important to Covington, and a new surprising task they must complete. To highlight a hilarious challenge from last year, two team members needed to step up to the plate and consume a Glier’s goetta. Well, not just consume… become blind folded and attempt to eat the goetta that hung from string attached to a wand the 2nd partner was holding. Important to Covington? Yes. Surprising? Yes. Challenging? Only for your pride!

Don’t think this race doesn’t reward you with only memories and laughter. Covington Quest begins with a shot-gun start at 10am and ends once your entire team crosses the finish line. Because each member will have stories to share, there is an after party at The Avenue Lounge where the eating, drinking, and rejoicing of the day can continue on. Also, for each of the two divisions, the first place teams will win $1,600, while the second place teams will win $400. Beyond the cash prizes, there will be door prizes for Best Team names, Best uniforms, etc. With team names like Festivus for the Restivus, Wild Wenches, and the Blue Bar Flies from 2009- creativity is important and definitely welcomed.

With registration fees of $200, or $160 if registered by April 30th, all proceeds donate the Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington. Covington Quest is becoming a signature event to illuminate Covington and all of it’s original and interesting assets. New people, young people, old people, and life long residents can all enjoy the fun Covington Quest brings- and through the challenges and clues it even brings some historical and local knowledge! In order to be apart of this day, visit covingtonquest.com for registration or follow CovQuest2010 on Twitter for important updates on Quest and The Center for Great Neighborhoods.