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Keven Moore on Insurance: Who could have
predicted the need for ‘bed bug’ coverage?
Given the craze for the movie series Twilight, what would you say if I told you that you could buy an insurance policy to protect yourself from nocturnal blood suckers? Honest. Though it is a new Insurance product recently developed …
Georgetown Toyota plant to expand engine
assembly by 100,000, create 86 new jobs
Toyota announced today it will increase annual engine assembly capacity of 4-cylinder engines by more than 100,000 at its plant in Georgetown. Starting August 2013, the approximately $30 million project will create 86 new jobs. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky …
Q&A with Melody Blauser: Offering
Lexington parents a Fresh Fanny
By Erin Holaday Ziegler Bourbon and Beans When Lexington resident Melody Blauser and her husband, Leland, had their daughter last spring, the health of their newborn as well as the environment were first on their minds. “We discovered …
Economic impact of Kentucky tourism about
$11.7 billion in 2011, up 3 percent from 2010
The economic impact of tourism in Kentucky amounted to nearly $11.7 billion in 2011, Governor Steve Beshear and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Marcheta Sparrow announced today. The economic impact figure is a 3 percent increase from 2010. “Despite …
Blue Grass Airport opens business lounge to
all passengers during national tourism week
On Monday, May 7, Blue Grass Airport will celebrate National Tourism Week by offering traveling passengers complimentary admission to The Club at Blue Grass, the airport’s business lounge. The open house will run from 7 am to 7 pm and …
Kentucky arts initiatives included in new
report from National Governors Association
Kentucky is cited on several occasions in “New Engines of Growth: Five Roles for Arts, Culture, and Design”, the National Governors Association (NGA) report for arts marketing programs and the arts and cultural districts initiative developed by the Kentucky Arts …
Trip to Trader Joe’s doesn’t disappoint, fuels excitement for Lexington store opening
As many of our reader’s know, specialty grocery store Trader Joe’s will open a much-anticipated Lexington location sometime this summer. For those who have somehow managed to avoid the hype surrounding the Lexington store, here’s a little update – …
Keven Moore on Insurance: Accidents
happen, but are learning experiences
Imagine the horror in coach Nick Saben’s eyes as he watched his 2011 Allstate BCS National Championship crystal trophy shatter into pieces when a player’s father tripped and knocked it over while it sat outside his office on a display table. …
Commentary
Don McNay: Fixing 401(k) problems is
key to providing for our economic future
“Running on Empty. Running into the sun but I’m running behind.” -Jackson Browne Internal Revenue Code section 401(k) is the only section of the US tax code that the average people can cite. They know it has something, …
Bluegrass residential real estate sales
total $235 million in first quarter of 2012
Residential real estate sales by members of the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors (LBAR) positively impacted the Bluegrass economy in the first quarter of 2012 with 1,417 reported sales totaling $234,668,186. According to LBAR President Mary Anne Simmons, “The first …
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