Keven Moore: As the pandemic continues, are temporary outdoor dining structures really safe?
As a second surge of COVID-19 cases spreads across Kentucky, indoor dining is once again restricted. As the weather begins to turn colder, restaurants in a last-ditch effort to survive are scrambling to erect tents to continue to serve patrons in an outdoor dining environment.
I respect their efforts and up until now, restaurants have been able to rely on their sidewalks and outdoor patios to allow...
Beshear issues restrictions for restaurants, others; all schools to go virtual; 2,753 cases, 15 deaths
Following a record 33 deaths Tuesday and another 15 Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear is issuing new restrictions that will help stop the rampant spread of COVID-19 and save Kentuckians’ lives while keeping the economy open.
He also reported 2,753 new cases on Wednesday.
With more than 250,000 American lives, including those of more than 1,700 Kentuckians, lost to the virus, Gov. Beshear is joining state...
Communities around Kentucky making push to transform spaces for social distancing
By Nadia Ramlagan
Public News Service
One neighborhood in Louisville’s south end is working to reimagine a public corridor in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to balance public health and safety while allowing local businesses the opportunity to thrive.
The Beechmont Neighborhood Association has received a $31,000 Community Challenge grant from AARP to create a more pedestrian-friendly main...
Gov. Beshear outlines schedule and requirements for the reopening of various businesses starting May 22
By Tom Latek
Kentucky Today
Gov. Andy Beshear gave a tentative timetable on when restaurants, gyms, campgrounds and childcare centers may reopen, due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of positive cases rose above 6,000.
To start Healthy at Work phase 2, restaurants will be able to reopen to limited inside capacity on May 22. “That’s 33 percent, plus they can do unlimited outdoor seating...
Keven Moore: Adapting to social distancing orders come with new risk for restaurants
As restaurants and other industries adapt to social distancing orders to stop the spread of the coronavirus, many have had to adjust the way they interact with their customers and provide their services.
Such tactics are necessary to stay afloat financially, but it’s important to point out that you may be opening up a whole new set of risk exposures to your customers, employees and to your company,...
Mountain Parkway’s Restaurant Row project in Salyersville now fully open to traffic
After three years of construction, the new four-lane segment of the Mountain Parkway Expansion running through Salyersville’s Restaurant Row is now fully open to traffic.
Restaurant Row marks the second section of the Parkway to be completed under the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Mountain Parkway Expansion.
“In the coming months, crews will be working on smaller finishing touches along Restaurant...
Keven Moore: All dogs go to heaven, but they don’t need to accompany you while shopping in stores
If you have visited a retail establishment or a home improvement store recently, it’s pretty obvious that the country has been going to the dogs — literally!
On my most recent home improvement trip to Home Depot over the weekend, I counted four dogs inside the store. I nearly tripped over one of those dogs that was on a leash because the owner was allowing his pet to walk some 15 feet in front...
Chef John Foster: Cruel time for the restaurant business, but embrace change to find success
Change, which seems to happen overnight in my industry, is still one of the least anticipated concepts that we deal with every day. Whenever there is an opportunity to even explore change there must also be a corresponding action to review why the change is needed in the first place. Companies spend millions of dollars developing systems of operation to function at highly efficient rates,...
