We've open up our crystal ball, blew on the circuit board and put it back together.

Surely, now, we're ready to predict the future. 

As we have the last few years, we start another year of the Access Louisville podcast by making predictions for what we think will happen in the area over the next 12 months. 

We tackle a large range of topics in our predictions — construction, sports, business trends bourbon and more. You'll have to listen in on your favorite podcast streaming app to hear all of them but here are just a few to give you a taste: 

• Mid-City Mall will be sold (it is on the market after all) but there will be legal battles related to what is developed there;
• A new building conversion program will finally get work moving on the Starks building redevelopment project;
• Louisville will make a push to land a WNBA franchise considering expansion plans for the league;
• And Buc-ee's will continue it's expansion into Kentucky with a location between Louisville and Cincinnati.

Keep in mind these are just predictions, based on familiarity with trends in the area and not any inside knowledge. 

The predictions show is a favorite Access Louisville tradition.

In fact, last week on Access Louisville, we traveled back in time to our 2024 predictions to see how they aged in hindsight. We only got a few right

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify, which are linked above. You also can listen to the show in the player above.