Metro Louisville is growing. But which counties in the area are growing the fastest? We chat about that on this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast. It's undoubtable that the city has seen a lot of people move into the urban core with neighborhoods like Germantown and Butchertown becoming hot places to live during the last 10 years. But new U.S. Census numbers show us that the fastest growth has actually taken place in the suburbs between 2010 and 2020.
After the growth talk, we switch gears and talk about Louisville's brewing scene. There's a new taproom in Louisville from Ashville, North Carolina-based Hi-Wire Brewing. That gets us talking about how the brewing scene here compares to those in other cities of our size.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services like Apple Podcast, Spotify and Stitcher. 

We talk about economic development taking place on Louisville's South End on this week's Access Louisville podcast. A major piece of this is the recently redeveloped Colonial Gardens, which offers a bit of restaurant variety to the area.  Future development at Jefferson Riverport International is another big piece. After that we talk about some of Louisville's most overlooked neighborhoods.
Following that discussion we catch up on some Humana news, including its recent acquisition of Kindred at Home. We also talk about how it's mandating vaccines for a significant part of its workforce. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. 

The pandemic is back on an upswing and so is ire over wearing masks.
Sigh. This again, eh?
We chat about both on the Access Louisville podcast this week, specifically on the news of a new mask mandate for schools and childcare settings from Gov. Andy Beshear. (That new mandate is being challenged in court by Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.)
We switch gears in the second half of the show to talk about restaurants, including the news that Royals Hot Chicken is closing a location in Louisville. We also talk about a new space for Wiltshire Pantry. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services.

Louisville Business First just released its annual Best Places to Work publication, ranking local employers based on employee feedback.
This year's program is especially interesting in light of the fact that expectations about work have changed so much in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. We chat about what makes a great workplace and how our expectations have changed on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
We switch gears in the second half of the show and talk about a new three new projects slated to roll out at Churchill Downs during the next three years.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast and Spotify. 

Fans of hard seltzer in Louisville will have a new place to go as a craft seltzery is in the works in NuLu. We talk about the concept, which is new to this market, on the Access Louisville podcast.
Craft beer has been all the rage these last twenty years or so. On the show we talk about whether craft seltzer will have the same success in the market.
Later in the show, we talk about a West Louisville restaurant, Sweet Peaches, which has undergone some renovations thanks to a business incubator program for the area.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

We talk about the growing local bourbon scene on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Angel's Envy Distillery, located on East Main Street, just released renderings for an $8.5 million expansion project. We also just got a look at Brough Bros. new distillery in the Park Hill neighborhood. 
This is a small but significant new development, being as it's Kentucky's first Black-owned distillery. 
After the bourbon talk we discuss a new restaurant coming to Middletown: Chicken salad Chick; as well a new Quill's coffee shop in St. Matthews.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

We chat more about the Louisville mayor's race on this week's Access Louisville podcast, particularly in terms of fundraising.
Early reports are in and one candidate, former 21C Hotels CEO Craig Greenberg, has surged ahead of others in the Democratic field with the support of some well-known names in the business community.
The numbers are interesting, with Greenberg raising 30 times more than the next closest candidate, but it is very early in the race. Voters won't pick a new mayor until November 2022.
After that we talk about the state of college sports, based on the news that a new local sports marketing agency has been formed. And at the end of the show we chat about a new sundae shop in Nulu. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

These days it seems a lot of executives are looking for something new.
We talk about that on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Louisville Business First reporter Chris Larson joins the show to talk about several recent executive changes at Louisville area organizations, including Humana Inc., the Humana Foundation, Hosparus and Fund For The Arts.
After that we talk about a new flight to Austin from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. And we chat about where airport officials want to go next.
Finally, we wrap things up with a little Fourth of July talk.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on most popular podcast services. 

There were three big acquisitions in the last week and we talk about them all on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
We don't know the dollar figures on these deals but it seems likely that national long-term acute care player Kindred Healthcare was the largest.  This last week also saw the sale of Liquor Barn, a popular Kentucky retailer; and LEO Weekly, a small but still a well-known business among the media savvy in Louisville.
We go over all three acquisitions with Louisville Business First reporters Haley Cawthon and Chris Larson.
After that we lighten things up a bit and talk about a few new places to visit in town, including a new brewery in the Portland neighborhood and a new bourbon bar in Downtown Louisville.
And, lastly, we chat about a new report that says Louisvillians are good drivers — surprising right?
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from LouisvilleBusinessFirst.com. It can be found on popular podcast services including Apple Podcast, Spotify and Stitcher. 

You'll get the latest on Louisville's ever changing restaurant scene on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
Reporter Haley Cawthon joins the show to tell us about recent restaurant changes, including one of several new Cajun seafood restaurants, the return of Wiltshire on Market and a high-profile retirement in the pizza business.
After that, we have an update on the Louisville mayor's race — including the news that Louisville Metro Councilman David James is stepping out of the race and former Councilwoman Barbara Sexton-Smith is teaming up with candidate Craig Greenberg. We've got some news on a potential run by former Louisville Forward chief Mary Ellen Wiederwohl too. 
Lastly, we talk with Reporter Marty Finley, who is leaving Louisville Business First for a new opportunity, about his time in journalism. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.