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Major hotel chain planning new Louisville location
One of the world’s top hotel chains could soon have a new location near Muhammad Ali International Airport.<\p> Raj Krupa LLC is planning to build a 101-room Hyatt hotel at 6550 Paramount Park Drive, according to a filing with Louisville Metro Planning and Design.<\p>
East End restaurant opening second location
A restaurant that has one location in the Springhurst Shopping Center is planning to open a second on the East End. <\p> Clean Eatz will open at 9545 Taylorsville Road in Jeffersontown, near Kingpin Lanes, during the second half of June, according to a news release. The health food restaurant franchise specializes in preparing chef-inspired, nutritionist-approved meals, the release said. Customers have the option to dine-in, order weekly meal plans, catering or grab and go meals. <\p>
Ramen restaurant opens in the Highlands
A new ramen restaurant opened in the Highlands in early May.<\p> Kiwami Ramen is located at 1700 Bardstown Road, near Sapporo Japanese Grill & Sushi and the Uptown Café. The new restaurant opened on May 8 in a more than 2,400-square-foot space formerly occupied by Wild Ginger Sushi Bistro, which closed in May 2023. <\p>
Mayor names new parks chief
Louisville Metro Parks has a new leader.<\p> Mayor Craig Greenberg named longtime public servant Michelle King executive director of the agency last week, following an exhaustive 18-month search. King has been with the city's Air Pollution Control District since 2005, most recently serving as assistant director. In her new role, King will oversee 124 parks and more than 13,000 acres of land across Metro Louisville. <\p>
Mixed-use building going up in Butchertown (RENDERINGS)
More construction is coming to Butchertown.<\p> Louisville-based Allodium Real Estate will break ground on a new $2 million mixed-use building at 927 E Main St. on June 3, Allodium founder and Principal Barrett Goff told Business First in an interview. <\p>
Results: See how LBF faired against local schools in market challenge
As the end of the 2023-24 school year rapidly approaches, we're also wrapping up the Business First Stock Market Challenge in Partnership with Baird.<\p> This school year featured a significant uptick in overall participation in the SIFMA Foundation’s Stock Market Game in Jefferson County, with more than twice as many teams participating for the 2023-24 school year versus 202-23. <\p>
Scheffler 'wants to move on,' attorney says
This story was updated at 3:45 p.m. May 29 to include a statement from Scottie Scheffler, more quotes from the Romines press conference and to add more context about the LMPD and Scheffler's travel back to the golf club after arrest. This is a developing story and may be updated again. <\p> All charges against professional golfer Scottie Scheffler have been dropped, the Jefferson District Court ordered Wednesday. <\p>
Lawsuit targeting small-business grant program is tossed
A judge has tossed a lawsuit targeting Progressive Insurance and small-business funding platform Hello Alice for a grant program offered to Black small business owners.<\p> The decision, handed down by the U.S. District Court for Northern Ohio, found plaintiff Nathan Roberts, owner of Cleveland-based Freedom Truck DIspatch LLC, lacked the standing to sue the companies over a grant program it offered to Black small-business owners to purchase a new truck.<\p>
Brown Hotel poaches Trump Hotel executive chef
An internationally trained chef with decades of experience is now heading up culinary operations at the Brown Hotel in Downtown Louisville.<\p> The hotel announced in a release today that its hired chef Gary Palm as its new executive chef, overseeing the menus at the Lobby Bar and Grill and J. Graham's Café. <\p>
Airport puts 52 acres up for sale
The Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) is selling 52 acres in South Louisville, formerly reserved for families displaced by the airport expansion, for $3.1 million.<\p> Bill Menish, owner/managing director and broker with SVN Menish Commercial Real Estate, said the property located in the Heritage Creek development is zoned R-4, which restricts it to single-family homes.<\p>
She used to read the lottery numbers on TV. Now she builds confidence.
“The order of tonight’s winning Pick 3 are numbers one, seven and five. And now it’s time to play Kentucky Cash Pop where you can win up to $200,000.”<\p> JoAnne Wolf still remembers the spiel she gave as the Kentucky Lottery girl. Moving from machine to machine in the early ’90s with a camera following her, Wolf announced lucky combinations live, her hair heavy with hairspray and her lashes caked with mascara. <\p>
Inside Wild Turkey's new nest (PHOTOS)
Traditionally, Wild Turkey Distilling Co. has never been a major agent of change in the bourbon world. <\p> The brand has been overseen by the Russell family since 1954. It was the last legacy distillery to implement automation into its processes when it opened its current facility in 2010 (the previous one dated back to the 1890s). And to this day, the distillery does not use GMO grain, or as Master Distiller Jimmy Russell calls them “generically modified” organisms.<\p>
Veteran journalist rejoins LBF staff
Zak Owens is back on the staff of Louisville Business First — now in the role of digital editor.<\p> Owens previously worked as associate editor for LBF in late 2019 and early 2020. He started his career at WLKY-TV and then spent more than seven years at WAVE-TV as both a producer and executive producer before joining LBF. <\p>
Resume gaps aren't the dealbreaker they once were, but there's a catch
Job seekers worried about gaps in their resume might still have to deal with some pushback from hiring managers, but the market today has become more forgiving to such openings than it once was.<\p> According to a recent Express Employment Professionals-Harris Poll survey, while 36% of hiring managers said they might be deterred by applicants' unexplained work gaps, the vast majority (95%) believe there are valid reasons to explain career gaps. The top reasons cited were health issues, staying home with a child, going back to school and caring for an elderly parent.<\p>
Inside Louisville's renovated Visitors Center (PHOTOS)
The Louisville Visitors Center is back open after a four month closure for an extensive renovation.<\p> One of the first to visit was Gin Saksorn, a student from Thailand who is in Louisville as part of a cultural exchange program. <\p>
KFC US shakes up C-suite
KFC U.S. shook up its C-suite today, adding a pair of industry veterans to top positions in the company. <\p> According to a release, Heather McCoy takes the post of chief people officer, coming over to KFC from Yum Brands sister company Taco Bell. She joined Taco Bell in 2021, eventually earning a promotion to VP of human resources. <\p>
The AI boom is coming for these at-risk manager roles
For years, front-line workers have worried about automation taking their jobs. It may end up being middle managers who are most in danger.<\p> Companies are gaining access to new artificial-intelligence tools and capabilities at the same time many are re-assessing their operations in a challenging post-pandemic economic environment. That combination of potential new efficiencies and a desire for cost savings is putting management-level employees in the crosshairs.<\p>
Louisville firm prices more than $1 billion IPO
Waystar Technologies Inc. is looking to raise more than $1 billion in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), which could potentially value the company at nearly $4 billion. <\p> The Louisville-based company announced this morning it plans to release 45 million shares at a range of $20 to $23, trading under the ticker WAY on the NASDAQ exchange. Waystar would raise approximately $1.04 billion at the top end of that range. <\p>
See inside this posh, 10-acre estate off Shelbyville Road
For years, Fisherville, Kentucky, residents were curious about the long-vacant, historic home along Shelbyville Road.<\p> That curiosity drove Annette Vitale to break in about a decade ago. Well, not really — the door was ajar.<\p>
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