New CEO has big plans for Creation Museum, Ark

Good morning. Welcome to Friday. I'm Jolene Almendarez.

In the past, I've written about the big business of religious tourism in Kentucky. It's been spearheaded for decades by Answers in Genesis, the nonprofit in Boone County behind the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.

Now the organization is partially under different leadership. The new Executive CEO Martyn Iles has plans to expand the organization's messaging to include social issues and new technology.

I had a one-on-one with Iles last week. Here's what he had to say.

What else you need to know Friday, Feb. 2

⛅ Weather:High of 48. Mostly cloudy and cooler.

🌉 Next for Brent Spence Bridge project: Goebel Park remake, public hearings.

🚨 Two-week traffic blitz in Cincinnati to continue through Friday.

☕ A new kind of Starbucks is opening in Cincinnati. Here's where and what it is.

⛳ Par 3 mini golf, Prime IV set to open at Newport on the Levee this summer.

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