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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 Bed, Bath and Beyond is closing three of its Kentucky locations after raising a red flag that bankruptcy could be imminent. The retailer has two locations in Louisville, one at the Paddock Shops at 4350 Summit...

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 Cleo Battle is ready to shift from recovery mode to growth mode. Battle is the president and CEO of Louisville Tourism. After three years of uncertainty for the tourism industry, he is leading the organization...

We're always sorta talking about restaurants on the Access Louisville podcast. This week we lean into it with a classic Access Louisville restaurant roundup. On the show we talk about a new location for Jaggers , a fast food concept from Texas Roadhouse, opening soon. We also chat about Goodbounce pickle ball bar , the opening of Sweet & Juicy Seafood , the new Capital Grille coming to Ox...

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 The startup scene in Louisville has always been tight knit and bustling, but some things have shifted. Business First identified 20 startups to watch in the new year . The companies spread across different sec...

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  The Business First crew has once again set out to predict what 2023 will hold for the Louisville community.  We tackle a large range of topics in our predictions, from the new mayor’s priorities to major hote...

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 | Stitche r We’re reporters, not mediums. Yet last year, we set out to predict what would happen in 2022.  Now as the year comes to a close, we went back to review those 16 predictions. Some were pretty bold, (and didn’t...

News of yet another Publix location coming to Louisville has the potential to shake up the grocery market locally. We chat about that on this week's Access Louisville podcast.  Lakeland, Florida-based Publix announced a new store coming to the corner of Flat Rock Road and Shelbyville Road earlier this week. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert, who joins the podcast this week, explains this is the third...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   Jeff Brohm is coming home. After the University of Louisville’s head football coach, Scott Satterfield, announced he was leaving for the University of Cincinnati, yet another high-profile position was left vacant at the universi...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   A Louisville private school made plans to demolish a neighboring apartment complex which it owns, but it received community pushback. Louisville Collegiate School, one of the area’s largest private schools , submitted an applica...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   The day is finally here: Top Golf is open .  After years of anticipation, the national golf concept is taking bay reservations now. But it was “softly” open last week, accepting walkups. Our reporter Eleanor Tolbert got to tour...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Louisville has elected a new mayor — the first in 12 years. Craig Greenberg won the Louisville mayor race earlier this week, defeating republican Bill Dieruf. The race was closer than some expected, with Greenberg receiving about...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   A Kentucky spirits giant is considering a $500 million investment in Kentucky.  Sazerac Company Inc. was preliminarily approved for a 15-year incentive agreement in Laurel County in London, Kentucky.  According to a report relea...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher This week, several entities with Louisville ties were sold, including one of the city’s biggest hotels. AC Louisville, which houses Italian eatery Bar Vetti, is located in the heart of NuLu and sold for $51 million . Nothing will...

A new report measured the quickness and accuracy of fast-food restaurant drive-thrus. Taco Bell, which is owned by Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) took the top spot for speed, but the one in last place may surprise you. Chick-fil-A took the last spot for speed, primarily because the line is already long before the store opens, Haley Cawthon told us during the Access Louisville podcast...

Louisville's Waterfront Park is a gem along the Ohio River. But is the foot of the Big Four Bridge in Louisville as good as its counterpart in Jeffersonville? We discuss on this week's Access Louisville podcast — specifically on the news that a new "eatertainment" facility (a new pickleball bar ) is planned at the waterfront. As to the answer of which is better — we suppose it...

We go through the latest  restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Some of the new places we chat about include Blue Bay Seafood on Poplar Level Road; and Barista Parlor, which is coming to downtown at 500 W. Jefferson. We also chat about the opening of Topgolf, which is expected in November. Later in the show, we discuss a disturbing report on sexual abuse Racing Louisville...

What city would you compare Louisville to? We talked about that questions on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Ellie Tolbert recently attended a conference at which Louisville business and civic leaders were searching for inspiration in Jacksonville, Florida. That got us talking about how Jacksonville and Louisville share some similarities. Later in the show, we discuss recent n...

There's so much going on in Louisville of late and we chat about it on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Bourbon & Beyond, one of Louisville's biggest music festivals took place last weekend . And this weekend we're looking forward to Louder Than Life — a more metal focused festival. In addition to that, Startup Fest has been ongoing this week and the National Jugband...

For better or worse, wallpaper is back. In a big way too! In this year’s Homearama home tour, many of the homes feature wallpaper. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert shared what else she learned in her Homearama preview. One theme was clear: In a post-pandemic world, interior design is focused on comfort and community. “We all had to sit in our homes for a year, and now people are like, ‘If I’m going to be...

A Louisville author has filed a copyright infringement  lawsuit claiming that his tours of  Old Louisville are being copied by a national firm. We talk about what's behind the lawsuit on this week's Access Louisville podcast (you can also get the details in writing here .) Later in the show we chat about transportation issues in Louisville including funding problems at TARC. Additionally...

A friend is coming to Louisville for just one night and wants to go out for dinner. Where do you take them? We kick around that question on this week's Access Louisville podcast. We also talk about a lot of recent restaurant news, including a move by Barry's Cheesesteaks , the newly announced Waldo's Chicken & Beer, the next phase for Jerry Green and Friends nightclub , and a mo...

We talk about two Louisville hotel projects on this week's Access Louisville podcast. One hotel, proposed in Portland, is being developed by Gill Holland , who helped foster the NuLu neighborhood. The other, proposed downtown on Market Street, is not exactly a new plan but has been revised with some new details . Reporter Ellie Tolbert is on the show to tell us about the details on each. Fun...

Chamie McCurry joins LBF's Access Louisville podcast this week. McCurry is chief marketing officer for Danny Wimmer Presents, the Los Angeles company behind two of Louisville's largest festivals — Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life. Both festivals are coming up in about a month so McCurry joined the podcast this week to talk about everything from this years line ups, festival orig...

In pandemic times, buying stuff online has been a way of life. But the white hot e-commerce sector may be cooling off. This week, Zappos confirmed it is winding down operations at its warehouse and outlet store on Minor Lane in Louisville. On this week's Access Louisville podcast, reporter Eleanor Tolbert tells us more about the company's reasoning. Zappos isn't the only e-commerce...

On this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast we chat about a large new distillery project in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. Reporter Michael L. Jones tells us about the ownership behind the historic building where it is planned. Later in the show we talk about Beam Suntory's big investment in Nelson County . And the closing of The Wiggle Room in the Highlands .  Acc...