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The housing market in the Bluegrass region continued to show signs of steady activity and balanced growth, according to the latest market report released by Bluegrass Realtors®. While inventory levels improved and new listings and pending sales increased, home prices and buyer demand remained resilient heading into the spring market.A...
Blue Grass Airport (LEX) today announced Future LEX, a multiphase development to position the airport for decades of growth while preserving the convenience and charm that define air travel in central Kentucky.In response to increasing passenger volume, Blue Grass Airport is advancing a thoughtful, phased approach to growing its terminal...
EKU College of Business students competed in the 2026 FBLA Kentucky Statewide Collegiate Business Competition earlier this semester, which included business students from the University of Kentucky, Morehead State University, Northern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, and many other colleges and universities across the state. EKU students claimed 1st Place,...
Eastern Kentucky University graduates Grayson Eaves and Emma Carmack are putting down roots in Richmond and investing in the community they now call home. Eaves, a Richmond native, and Carmack, originally from Lincoln County, have both chosen to build their futures in the city following their time at EKU.Their decision...
According to census data released last week, Richmond grew by 15%, exceeding 40,000 people last year.Richmond topped the list of fastest-growing Kentucky cities from 2020 to 2025.It isn’t the only Madison County city in the top 10. Berea also grew by 7%, with a population of about 17,000.Matt Ruther is...
Gov. Andy Beshear is celebrating the best first quarter in Kentucky history for economic investment, bringing the total secured under his leadership to over $50 billion and creating more than 70,000 new jobs. The Governor’s administration has also secured the highest three-year average for new wages in state history, with...
Public Policy: Where Kentucky Put Its Money
May 20 2026Kentucky’s recent 2026 legislative session was intense, stretching to the final hours before crucial matters were resolved or deferred. An exhaustive account would be too long for this writing, but there are a few key wins that we can all celebrate. But first, the state budget.State budget highlightsThe Kentucky General...
Richmond Industrial Park IV offers a premier 189-acre industrial site positioned as the most significant expansion opportunity in Madison County. This expansive tract is strategically located off Bill Robertson Way and is currently zoned for heavy industrial use (I-2), making it an ideal canvas for large-scale advanced manufacturing or regional...
The Kentucky Department of Education says Kentucky ranks among the nation’s best in terms of academic recovery in reading and mathematics, according to the 2026 Education Scorecard.The education Scorecard is a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University and...
While commercial and foreign direct investment has cooled considerably heading into 2026, one sector of the U.S. economy is experiencing a renaissance unlike anything seen in decades: defense aerospace. For site selectors and industrial developers paying attention, the implications are profound — and the window for smart positioning is now.A...
Featured Properties in Richmond Ready for Development: 25 and 27 Acres at Industrial Park III
May 12 2026Richmond Industrial Park III presents two premier expansion opportunities with its 25-acre and 27-acre industrial tracts. These contiguous sites are specifically zoned for heavy industrial use (I-2) and offer the versatility required for large-scale manufacturing or sophisticated distribution centers. Strategically located along Bill Robertson Way, both parcels benefit from robust,...
Richmond Industrial Park III features a premier 21.84-acre build-ready site located at 3000 Bill Robertson Way, specifically designed for rapid industrial deployment. The centerpiece of this property is a pre-graded 174,000-square-foot building pad, which allows companies to bypass months of site preparation and move directly into the construction phase. Zoned...
The Infrastructure of Intelligence
May 1 2026We are in the middle of the largest infrastructure buildout of our lifetimes, and most people still think we're talking about real estate.We're not.The asset class the industry used to call a "data center" — the windowless shell, valued per square foot, tucked along a fiber route — is gone...
Richmond Parks and Recreation Announce Headline Performer for annual Fourth of July Celebration!
Apr 30 2026The City of Richmond KY Parks and Recreation is honoring America’s 250th in a BIG WAY at this year’s 4th of July Celebration – and they are kicking things off with an exciting announcement.The department is proud to announce that the live music headliner for this annual event will be...
Richmond Industrial Park III offers a premier 29-acre build-ready site specifically engineered for large-scale industrial operations requiring high-volume logistics. This property features a massive 300,000-square-foot pre-graded and compacted building pad, allowing for immediate vertical construction.As a Bronze-level designated CSX Select Site, the parcel provides a distinct competitive advantage with direct...
Richmond Industrial Park III offers a premier 15-acre build-ready site designed to accelerate speed to market for expanding enterprises. Strategically located at 3023 Bill Robertson Way, this parcel features a pre-graded 87,500-square-foot building pad, significantly reducing construction timelines and front-end development risks. Zoned for heavy industrial use (I-2), the site...
Amazon today released its 2025 State Economic Impact Report, revealing the company has invested more than $75 billion in Kentucky since 2010 – contributing $55 billion to the state’s GDP and supporting 19,000 full- and part-time jobs across the Commonwealth.The announcement comes as Amazon reports its largest-ever single-year U.S. investment...
Social media platforms are the perfect places to start a conversation about Richmond, KY. Did you notice a new business opening up downtown? Hear about the grant that’ll help construct Richmond’s first-ever mountain bike trails? For all interested in a variety of important news about Richmond, sharing information and having...
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) announced a $2 million endowed gift from Gray, a nationally recognized construction and engineering firm, to advance EKU’s Construction Management program and strengthen one of Kentucky’s most in-demand workforce pipelines.The gift establishes an endowed professorship, funding a permanent faculty position in EKU’s Construction Management program. The...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate for 2025 was 4.6%, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet.The U.S. annual unemployment rate was 4.3% in 2025.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’(BLS) estimate of the number of employed Kentuckians for 2025...
Life is good in Richmond, KY. A close-knit community with small-town charm, residents in Richmond enjoy a thriving downtown full of small businesses, on top of the shopping, healthcare, education and amenities usually found in far larger cities. Since 2000, Richmond’s population, which has a median age of 31, has...
For decades, the bedrock question of corporate site selection was some version of the same calculation: where can we do this most cheaply? Labor arbitrage, tax incentives, real estate costs — the disciplines of location strategy were largely organized around the pursuit of the lowest delivered cost. That era is...
For decades, young people were told to go to college, with white-collar jobs like coding cast as the future. But as AI disrupts that career path, skilled trades are emerging as a more resilient route to stable, well-paying work—and Lowe’s is betting heavily on that future.The home-improvement giant exclusively told...
Corporate executives and site selection consultants know that the best economic development incentives are not the ones offered at deal-closing; they’re the ones invested into product development long before a facility site search even begins.The Commonwealth of Kentucky understood this long before most, which is why Gov. Andy Beshear and...
