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 mixed use community space.
LBF Reporter Steve Schmidt recently spoke with the people behind the project and is on the show to tell us about where it stands.
Next, we go over huge changes coming to Clarksville — including an effort to finally give the historic community a proper downtown near the former Colgate-Palmolive plant. 
We also talk about the developing plans for Origin Park nearby — a massive effort that officials see being of regional importance. And we discuss improvements along Main Street in New Albany, which have challenged businesses.
Finally, we wrap up the show with an interview with Charlestown Mayor Treva Hodges, who gives us an update on all the things happening in her community.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Radio Public and more. 

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 there, and we've also got news on a tech company from France that is locating its U.S. headquarters in the neighborhood.
But, as usual, we don't just cover one topic on this week's show. We also talk about a new restaurant opening in Norton Commons and wrap up the show with a quiz about local businesses.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and others. 

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 parents on LBF's staff give us their take on the idea.
Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt is also on the show this week to tell us about a big new development that has been proposed in the Clermont area, south of Louisville. This area is home to two popular attractions for Louisville — Jim Beam Distillery and Bernheim Forest.
Later in the show we also talk about a historic building, currently used as event space, that is for sale in LaGrange.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business. You can find it on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. 

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 First. It's available on most popular podcast services. 

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 8,500-square-foot full-service restaurant with a bourbon bar.
Does bourbon and pickle ball mix? Yes. In Louisville bourbon mixes with everything. 
Later in the show, Reporter Michael L. Jones gives us the latest restaurant news, including the sale of Napa in Westport Village. And we also go over some major investment news from Toyota which is taking place elsewhere in the state. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on most popular podcast services. 

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 Meador tells us about what to expect from the museum and how it can demonstrate accessibility for companies looking to expand their workforces.
As usual, we have a few topics on this week's show.
We also discuss The Myriad, a new hotel coming to the Highlands (it's gonna have a pool!) as well as a new event space, Germantown Gables. After that we chat about Drew Brees' new restaurant that's coming to nearby Clarksville, Indiana and a bit of shuffling among local TV sports anchors.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on most popular podcast services. 

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 compared between Louisville, Miami and Nashville (which were all hosting their own big events) on Derby weekend.
There's also concern about the number of horses that died at Churchill Downs during the course of Derby week — something that would alarm any spectator.
Further, we talk about how the proliferation of sports betting might impact how much money people spend betting on horses.
Later in the show, we shift gears to chat about some restaurant news, including Country Boy Brewing's plan for a tap room in Louisville and the closure of an Old Louisville restaurant Hill Street Fish & Seafood. Finally we wrap it all up by talking about a trademark dispute between Taco Bell and Taco John's.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First.  It's available on most popular podcast services.

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 tenure while working at the student run Louisville Cardinal newspaper back in 2001.
Later in the show we talk about some recent restaurant news, including the opening of Gus's Friend Chicken and a new Chinese buffet on Gardiner Lane.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services.

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 added a new hotel — called Hotel Genevieve, of which we have photos.
Tolbert also tells us about the surging price of Airbnbs with the upcoming Kentucky Derby weekend and passes on a few tips for those interested in renting out their homes for Derby weekend.
Reporter Michael L. Jones also gives us the latest news from the restaurant beat including the upcoming closure of Angilo's Pizza in the South Louisville and the expansion of Parlour in Jeffersontown.
Late in the show we get into Kentucky Derby predictions, including talk over whether last year's win by Rich Strike will have more bettors going for the long shot this time.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Spotify and more. 

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 for the family of Josh Barrick who was among those killed during the mass shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville on April 10.  Barrick was a friend of the bourbon community, including the podcasters at Bourbon Pursuit.
This isn't the first time we've seen a bourbon sale help raise money for a cause like this. A similar auction took place after Kentucky was hit hard by a massive tornado in 2021.
We also talk about bourbon collecting in general and some of the finer points of that popular Kentucky hobby.
Later in the show we shift to talk about a couple commercial real estate developments that have taken place in the area, including a new hotel coming to the corner of 2nd Street and Market Street in Downtown Louisville.
And we wrap up the show with a chat about Kentucky Derby fashion as race day draws near.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Radio Public and more.