• Monday Business Briefing: City mum on whether it’s courting Aetna; report details economic impact of breweries; WHAS11 offers buyouts; Metro aims to buy local; and more

    By Staff | Posted on April 18, 2016

    Welcome to the April 18 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. Boston is trying to sway Aetna to move its HQ. Is Louisville? Cities including Boston are trying to persuade Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna to move its headquarters — but...

  • Heating up: Chef Space working to build up new food businesses

    By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on February 8, 2016

    The food industry incubator Chef Space doesn’t want any of half-baked businesses. “We really want to create secure and sound businesses,” said Jessica Grace, director of kitchen space at Chef Space. Chef Space, a venture of Louisville nonprofit Community Ventures Corp., opened in November...

  • Vegan entrepreneur starting a weekly meal subscription service

    By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on February 4, 2016

    Damn it feels good to be a vegan. At least that is what the Vegan Temptress a.k.a. chef Kristina Addington told Insider Louisville about her decision to become vegan around a decade ago. Her partner, Jeff Hennis, followed suit about 18 months ago. “Our tastebuds...

  • Online bakery plants roots at Chef Space

    By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on January 25, 2016

    Baking is Sarah Allgeier’s second career. For many years, Allgeier worked in a health care job she didn’t enjoy. Despite that, Allgeier started attending Sullivan University to pursue a degree in health care administration. That is when she finally asked herself: “Is this really...

  • The Closing Bell: Local retail edition

    By Staff | Posted on November 27, 2015

    Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is usually your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend, but given the nature of the holiday, we’re providing you with a roundup of local retail stories from this past year. By Caitlin Bowling, Melissa Chipman...

  • Man turns prank into full-time jam business

    By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on October 27, 2015

    There is quite the backstory to Zac Caldwell’s budding jams and jellies business, Caldwell’s Quirky Cookery. In 2013, Caldwell, an Elizabethtown native, was working with students in the Kentucky YMCA’s service-learning program Y-Corps to raise money for the nonprofit’s scholarship fund, and he promised the kids...

  • Chef Space incubator part of a long-term vision for Russell neighborhood

    By Kevin Gibson | Posted on June 30, 2015

    When Chef Space, the new kitchen incubator project by Community Ventures Corporation, opens in October, it will be a place where budding culinary entrepreneurs can cut their teeth and learn about business. But it will also kick off what the nonprofit agency hopes will...

  • Monday Business Briefing: What the marriage ruling means for businesses, changes to plan for former Spindletop building, and more

    By Stephen George | Posted on June 29, 2015

    Welcome to the June 29 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. The U.S. Supreme Court’s historic ruling on Friday invalidating states’ same-sex marriage bans affirms that everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, is entitled to the same civil rights as they pertain to marriage. It replaces an...