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We chat with a couple of Louisville area entrepreneurs on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Chris and Dan Ratterman, of Shady Ray's join the show. We talk about the company's new store at Oxmoor Center, a new product line for golfers — called Green Wolf — and the company's local expansion. As usual, this episode is not all focused just on one topic. We also chat a new app,...

There's always plenty to talk about in the world of Kentucky Bourbon. We do just that as Reporter Stephen Schmidt, who covers bourbon for Louisville Business First, joins the Access Louisville podcast this week to talk about recent stories he's been covering. To start out, we give a nod to another podcast, Bourbon Pursuit , who's hosts have launched their own bourbon brand and are n...

We chat about new advertising campaigns from KFC on this week's Access Louisville podcast. The Louisville-based chicken chain has introduced a few new marketing efforts recently — one with rapper Jack Harlow and a more recent one with football great Deion Sanders. Louisville-based marketing agency Nimbus worked with KFC on the campaigns. And Nimbus CEO Stacey Wade joins us to talk about how t...

We've got a roundup of various restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Michael Jones has an interesting story to share about Andrea Essenpreis, the owner of Q&A Sweet Treats at 211 S. First St. in La Grange. Essenpreis, following a recent accident, experienced a lot of community support for herself and her bakery — full details here . We also talk about the...

We look at a slew of developments in Southern Indiana on this week's Access Louisville podcast. This podcast coincides with our Southern Indiana edition of Louisville Business First. We start out in Jeffersonville, where there's a major opportunity to transform land along the Ohio River front from industrial space that was the old Jeffboat shipyard to possibly residential, commercial and...

What's new in NuLu? That's the theme of this week's Access Louisville podcast — er, mostly anyway. Reporters Michael L. Jones and Ellie Tolbert are on the show to tell us about several new spots coming to the bustling Louisville neighborhood. Wick's Pizza is heading there with a new by-the-slice shop , Le Moo founder Kevin Grangier has an all new sushi restaurant in the works t...

We've got a bit of everything on this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast, including a roundup of recent developments around the area. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert is on the show to tell us about plans for two new locations of kid and parent friendly Glow Worm Cafe, which is looking to add locations in Anchorage and Beechmont . We talk about how the concept works and a few of the...

Dan Maloney, director of the Louisville Zoo, joins us on the Access Louisville podcast this week. We chat about the Zoo's newest exhibit, which features red pandas . We also talk over some restaurant and retail news, including a new home for All Thai'd Up and an all-yellow food store that's coming to a Louisville hotel. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business...

There's a couple of new sports related facilities going up in the area, which we discuss on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Ellie Tolbert is on the show to give us the details on Pickle & Social , a pickle ball venue and bar that is opening on four acres at 8100 Lyndon Park Lane in the fall of 2024. The 35,000-square-foot complex will have 12 pickle ball courts and an...

There's always something going on along Frankfort Avenue but American Printing House for the Blind likely has one of the biggest projects. The nonprofit marked the official groundbreaking for The Dot Experience, a new museum that will be part of a $55 million campus expansion this week. And so we welcomed APH President Craig Meador to join the Access Louisville podcast this week. On the show...

The Kentucky Derby has long been the reigning champion of the first Saturday in May. But will that always be the case? We talk about that on this week's Access Louisville podcast. The discussion comes on the heels of this story about how the growing popularity of Formula One racing, particularly as Miami is hosting an F1 race on the same weekend as Derby . We also discuss how hotel occupancy...

We share a few memories of legendary University of Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Crum, who coached at Louisville from 1971 to 2001, died this week at age 86. Reporter Michael L. Jones recalls his involvement in the community, including his presence at LEO, while host David A. Mann looks back at covering the last years of Crum's coaching...

It's the time of year when the Louisville area hosts many visitors. With that we spend a bit of time talking about hotels and Airbnbs this week on the Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert is on the show and tells us about a new $29 million hotel project that's going into a more than 100-year-old building in New Albany. That one is in development, while Louisville just adde...

Kentucky has something unique when it comes to the culture around bourbon. Not only is it a part of the state's identity, it also has a community around it that frequently gives back when Kentucky is in need. That's something Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt talks about on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Specifically, Schmidt discusses a bourbon auction that aims to raise money fo...

The annual Kentucky Derby Festival kicks off this weekend with Thunder Over Louisville, where a tribute to victims of gun violence is planned. We talked about what we're looking forward to in the festival on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Kentucky Derby Festival President and CEO Matt Gibson joins the show to talk about what's new and where the event goes from here. Later in...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher This week on Access Louisville, we are grieving the loss of those who died at the Old National Bank shooting and considering the weight of the news on the community. On Monday morning, April 10, six people wer...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   Greg Galiette is ready for the Louisville Bats to play ball. Galiette is entering his second baseball season as the president of the Louisville Bats, the minor league baseball team in Louisville. He became p...

We have a rundown of all the latest restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Topping the discussion is information on Nic and Norman's, a restaurant coming to Whiskey Alley (aka Washington Street, behind Whiskey Row. We also chat about Bandido Taqueria's new location and a new area location for Drake's. LBF Reporter Michael Jones and Assistant Managing Editor,...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Greg Fante wants to make you notice the Louisville Sports Commission. Fante, who officially stepped into the president and CEO role at the Commission last month, is focused on increasing the name recognition f...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Though the Silicon Valley Bank failure happened on the other coast, the ripple effects were felt by Louisville startups, attorneys and bank leaders. A startup founder told KYInno that he was rushing to pull fu...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   A multi-use development by a prominent developer made headlines multiple times this week, but what is it missing? Nulu Marketplace, which is owned by developer Mo Deljoo, is home to a brewery, restaurants, r...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher We discuss all this and more on Access Louisville. Owners of the Claudia Sanders Dinner House have edited the listing with changes that could help attract a buyer . The Shelbyville restaurant was established b...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode.    Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Louisville is a foodie town — and several new restaurants will bring different cuisines to the area. Harvey’s Cheese, a shop formerly in Logan Street Market, has now changed course to offer food beyond cheese:...

The Access Louisville podcast is a two-parter this week. First, we focus on bourbon. Louisville Business First Bourbon Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt has been on the road recently visiting some local distilleries, including a trip to Buffalo Trace in Frankfort . This is one of Kentucky's largest distilleries and behind some hugely popular brands like Pappy Van Winkle and Eagle Rare. Schmidt got...

We chat about a couple of Louisville's local celebrities on this week's Access Louisville podcast. First, Reporter Michael Jones tells us about a premier event he recently attended centering around Chef Darnell Ferguson. Ferguson hosted a red-carpet event at the Muhammad Ali Center last Sunday to share a preview of his new show, "Superchef Grudge Match, " a one-hour program tha...