Business Lexington September 2020

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Justice for All Fayette District Judge Melissa Moore Murphy and her husband, Daniel Murphy Jr., have dedicated their careers to upholding equity in the legal system and in the community PAGE 16

CraveWorthy: Restaurants look for creative solutions, expanded offerings to best serve guests PAGE 8

IndependentBusiness: Eric Goff, has created a line of fun, colorful men’s accessories inspired by his grandfather PAGE 10

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BizLex Q&A: The president of Frontier Nursing University, Dr. Susan Stone, on the college’s move to a new campus PAGE 20

BizLists Kentucky Distilleries | PAGE 18 Catering Companies and Venues | PAGE 19

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BusinessLexington Chuck Creacy PUBLISHER

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CONTENTS PVAStatistics

The latest statistics on local commercial and residential properties PAGE 4

Chris Eddie PUBLISHER

chris@bizlex.com Tom Wilmes EDITOR

tomw@bizlex.com Susan Baniak

EconomicAnalysis

A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky PAGE 5

Whiskey Business: As an international trade war drags on, American distillers watch overseas’ profits drain away while sales remain strong at home

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Finding Opportunity in a Crisis: As the pandemic continues to threaten many small businesses, local owners are adjusting their plans to position themselves for a new normal PAGE 12

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FEATURES EDITOR

susan@bizlex.com Drew Purcell ART DIRECTOR

GrammarGourment

Keeping up with plurals PAGE 5

drew@bizlex.com Sharon Metz BIZLISTS EDITOR

sharon.metz66@gmail.com Donna Hodsdon ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

donna@bizlex.com Theresa Stanley DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS

BizIQ

Certified business coach Luca Setti’s seven C’s of effective leadership PAGE 6

CraveWorthy PAGE 8

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

Quick Bites: Local Restaurant News

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Justice for All: She’s a recently appointed district judge. He’s instrumental in UK’s College of Law. Together Melissa and Daniel Murphy are working to support a more inclusive and equitable future.

Restaurants look for creative solutions, expanded offerings to best serve guests

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Kentucky Distilleries PAGE 18 Catering Companies and Venues PAGE 19

Who’sWho

Employment news from around the Bluegrass PAGE 22

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Q&A with Susan Stone: The president of Frontier Nursing University on how the profession is changing, modern solutions to better serve rural communications and the college’s move to a new campus.

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These statistics on local residential and commercial property are compiled by the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator. The data reflect the most up-todate information available at the time of printing for this publication, but monthly figures may be revised as additional public records of property transactions are submitted and become available.

Top Commercial Transactions for August 2020 SALE DATE ADDRESS

PRICE

STRUCTURE

7/24/20

1980 Haggard Court

$3,700,000

Hotel/Motel

7/10/20

5532 Athens Boonesboro Road

$2,375,000

Hotel/Motel

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2537 Larkin Road

$1,300,000

Medical Office

7/21/20

2539 Regency Road

$1,125,000

Retail

7/23/20

4050 Georgetown Road

$775,000

Industrial

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355 Southland Drive

$137,500

Retail

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2240 Executive Drive, Unit 201

$110,000

Office/Condo

7/16/20

1795 Alysheba Way Unit 1002

$83,600

Office/Condo

7/1/20

715 Shaker Drive, Ste. 80

$11,000

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*Sale price based on a multiple-parcel transaction **Parcel includes multiple improvements

Residential Sales Data for August 2020 The chart below shows the monthly residential sales activity in Fayette County for the previous 24 months. The data for the most recent month reflect a projected estimate from the office of the Fayette County Property Valuation Administrator and are subject to change.

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EconomicAnalysis A monthly look at economic indicators compiled by the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Kentucky. For more on CBER, visit www.cber.uky.edu.

Recent Data Aug. 2020

1-Month 1-Year Change Change

Payroll emp. MSA**** Manufacturing Employment Durable Goods (KY) **** Manufacturing: Lexington-Fayette MSA Total Employees**** Unemployment Rate MSA****

252,500 June 147,000 June

4.12% 18.84%

-9.63% -10.26%

28,495 June 3.90% July

3.56% -5.40%

-6.20% 0.50%

Payroll Employment, US Manufacturing Payroll Employment US Unemployment Rate, US

139,582,000 July 12,112,000 July 10.20% July

1.28% 0.22% -0.90%

-7.53% -5.71% 6.20%

Consumer Price Index, Southern Region Consumer Price Index, US Producer Price Index, US

248.619 July 259.101 July 202.7 July

0.60% 0.50% 0.75%

0.60% 1.00% -1.94%

Index of Leading Indicators** Fed’s Index of Industrial Production**

102.0 June 100.2 July

2.00% 3.09%

N/A -8.24%

3-Month Treasury Yield*** 10-Year Treasury Yield***

0.10% Aug. 7 0.69% Aug. 7

-0.01% 0.05%

-1.84% -0.91%

Real GDP (millions $)

1-Month 1-Year 2nd Qtr. Change Change 2020 $19,408,759.00 June 30 -9.98% -9.01%

MSA: Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area; (p)=preliminary; NA=not available * Source: http://www.conference-board.org ** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/ *** Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release — http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/data.htm **** Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve — https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/ Note: In some cases 1 mo. and 1 yr. changes are based on revised data from previous mo./yr. GDP is reported in Current Dollars.

GrammarGourmet

By Neil Chethik

Keeping Up with Plurals If you must keep up with the Joneses, be sure to spell their name right.

I’ve recently noticed an array of failed attempts at pluralizing family names. Sometimes, the attempts contain errant apostrophes; other times, when an apostrophe would be appropriate, the names have none.

Here’s the general rule: When you’re referring to multiple members of a single family, you simply add an ‘s’ at the end of the name. For example, if you’re speaking of the Lexington mayor’s family, call them the Gortons. No apostrophes. Kentucky’s governor is a member of the Beshears. UK’s president is among a family of Capiloutos.

(Not Capiloutoes, like potatoes.)

Things get slightly more complicated when a family name ends with an s, x, z, ch, sh or th. In these cases, you pluralize the name by adding es. Thus, the Fox family are the Foxes, the Fitz family the Fitzes, and the Fitch family the Fitches.

Things get even trickier when you want to make a family name possessive. The apostrophe comes after the last ‘s’. For example, the home that belongs to the Foxes is the Foxes’ home. The children of Gov. and Mrs. Beshear are the Beshears’ children. And that stunning silver Lexus that belongs to the Jones family – that’s the Joneses’ car.

A further wrinkle on plurals: You know those nouns — like total and majority — that

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sometimes refer to a group of people and other times to individual people in a group?

“The American majority is correct” refers to the majority of the single group; thus, it’s correct to say, “The American majority is…”

If, instead, you say, “The majority of American voters are correct,” you are thinking of individuals. In this case, we use the plural “are.”

The difference is subtle, and you probably won’t be challenged either way. To make your decision, ask yourself whether you are thinking of the whole or the parts. The whole is singular; the parts are plural. BL Neil Chethik, aka the Grammar Gourmet, is executive director of the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning (www.carnegiecenterlex.org) and author of “FatherLoss” and “VoiceMale.” The Carnegie Center offers writing classes and seminars for businesses and individuals. Contact Chethik at neil@ carnegiecenterlex.org or 859-254-4175.

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The Seven C’s of Effective Leadership

Certified business coach and president of FocalPoint of the Bluegrass, Luca Setti

BY LESLEY GODDIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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s former chief sales and marketing officer with Florida Tile, Luca Setti helped build the tile manufacturer into a profitable, multimilliondollar company. He did this by redefining a vision and mission, and then honing product, distribution, people, process and procedures to align with this renewed vision.

Setti fell in love with this process, he said, and after leaving Florida Tile, went through training to become a Certified Executive Business Coach and Trainer with FocalPoint, in order to help as many individuals and companies as possible excel and succeed. The challenges posed by COVID-19 led him to develop a series of webinars for leaders, executives and business owners.

Here Setti outlines topics covered in a recent webinar, titled “Top 7 Actions Leaders Can Take in Challenging Moments.” In it, he explores the mindset and principles of successful leaders, including the Law of Attraction (what you think about, you bring about). His presentation also explores the concept of Victor or Victims, which encourages a positive, proactive, visionary mindset focused on excellence and a clear and specific

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goal that leads to being a victor, as opposed to blaming, excuse-making, negative and scarcity-based mindsets that lead to a victim’s mentality.

The seven traits Setti focuses on, which he defines as the “7 C’s of Leadership,” are areas all leaders should be mindful of and employ consistently, in both prosperous and challenging times: • Clarity: Leaders develop a clear vision of where they want to go, or what they want to become. They invest time in learning about themselves, starting from what they love to do and what they are good at, and then learning about others, and what they need or want.

• Competence: Leaders know that in order to be great, they have to become very good in something or in a few things: really, really good! That’s why they constantly work on mastering their skills.

• Continuous Learners: Leaders never quit learning, never quit adapting to changes and continually get better.

• Constraints Analysis: Leaders aren’t scared to assess themselves, or recruit the help of others, to discover what their constraints, limitations and weaknesses are or what’s holding them back. They do this because they know that no matter how good they are, they can only go as far or as fast as their limitations. Understanding their

constraints is key, because they can then create plans to improve them and so reach their goals faster.

• Creativity: Leaders develop an ability to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods or just new ways to communicate. This is something that can be achieved by engaging employees, clients, peers or can be cultivated with the help of a trusted advisor.

• Concentration: Leaders focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking is not effective or efficient. It’s been proven over and over again that it is impossible to really succeed while doing many things in life. Leaders instead do one thing well.

• Courage: Leaders believe so much in their ideas that they are willing to do whatever it takes to get there, starting first from the things they most fear. BL

Business coach Luca Setti offers complimentary discussions about your business situation, goals and challenges. He can be reached at: (863) 398-2477 or (859) 785-0350; Lsetti@focalpointcoaching.com; lucasetti.focalpointcoaching.com; www.linkedin.com/in/luca-setti

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CraveWorthy Restaurants look for creative solutions, expanded offerings to best serve guests

BY SHANNON CLINTON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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s operating hours and capacity mandates continue to fluctuate during the pandemic, Lexington restaurant and bar owners have had to get creative to keep orders coming in, using social media and inventive promotions to encourage patrons to order meals and drinks to go.

At Whiskey Bear at the Summit at Fritz Farm, a neighborhood restaurant and cocktail bar with a massive whiskey and bourbon selection, co-owner Daniel Marlowe said his team began brainstorming as soon as the pandemic descended. “Pretty much immediately it became clear we were going to have to be creative and be willing to pivot to be able to survive this kind of situation,” he said.

The bar was forced to close for a time, but reopened in mid-July offering, in addition to carryout meals, adult beverages to-go in sealed pouches. Any drink can be made to-go, he said, and orders can be placed online at togo.whiskeybearbar.com, though by law, food must also be included in the same online order. A delivery option is also in the works.

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Whiskey Bear co-owner and operator Daniel Marlowe says that while to-go cocktails have helped drive some revenue, “there is just no way to catch up to pre-COVID levels while operating at limited capacity.”

Each pouch contains the equivalent of two cocktails plus room to add ice, whether it’s a margarita, beloved standards like a Manhattan or Old Fashioned, the house specialty drink called Lady Lavender, or another libation. Pricing is set at a dollar less than the traditional menu price of those two cocktails.

As The Summit is an entertainment district, patrons are allowed to drink from the pouches while they shop. While to-go cocktails have helped assuage some of the losses caused by the pandemic, “short of an industry specific support package like The Restaurants Act being passed by Congress,

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there is really no way to make up for the lost revenue of the last six months,” Marlowe said.

“To-go cocktails have helped us drive some more revenue, but there is just no way to catch up to pre-COVID levels while operating at limited capacity.”

Bluegrass Hospitality Group marketing director Amber Cook recently discussed ways that Malone’s, Harry’s American Bar & Grill and Drake’s, with multiple locations between them, are keeping guest orders coming in.

“Fortunately, carryout was already in place in our restaurants prior to COVID and many of our guests were already familiar with that service,” Cook said, adding that only a few tweaks were required to accommodate increased demand.

With individualized Text-to-Go carryout options for Harry’s, Drake’s and Malone’s, diners can text in an order, have it confirmed by a team member and pull into at a designated carryout parking space at an appointed time, Cook said, where employees take payment and deliver orders.

She said social media also plays an important role in keeping customers engaged, as evidenced by increased interest in specialty menu items, such as Harry’s Mini Maple Chicken Cordon Bluegrass sandwiches and certain desserts after they’ve been featured in posts.

Ranada’s Kitchen owner Ranada Riley opened her new venture on South Ashland Avenue in July, hitting the ground running with new ways for customers to enjoy her cuisine.

She chuckles recalling how, at her former restaurant, Ranada’s Bistro & Bar, one way she kept orders coming in when the pandemic began was by offering free toilet paper with purchase.

Other promotions were philanthropic, with donations to nonprofits this past spring, as well as Feed the Floors and Feed the Front Lines initiatives that encouraged area residents to purchase group meals for healthcare workers as thanks for their sacrifices.

Now, at Ranada’s Kitchen, she’s been offering individual meals packaged to go, as well as takeout Friends and Family options that feed four to six people and are priced accordingly. The meals include a main dish and sides, salad, bread and chef’s choice of dessert, and are available via carryout or delivery within the county limits.

Bruschetta chicken has been one of the most popular meals, she said, and vegan and vegetarian options are also getting good feedback.

“I believe with COVID, too, people are forced to think more health conscious,” she said.

Riley updates her social media channels with the latest menus and with photos and videos. In each of her first three weeks of operation, Riley said her page views and interaction has increased about 150 percent.

In addition to phone-in orders, a new website that includes an online ordering option is set to debut in mid-August.

In-person cooking classes are set to debut in mid-September — with stoves situated six feet apart — as well as online classes, patio and indoor dining, boutique grab-and-go items and chef’s table dinners. Ranada’s

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Whiskey Bear’s selection of to-go drinks includes the equivalent of two cocktails, plus room to add ice.

Kitchen has upstairs event space to accommodate groups of up to 50 people, or smaller rooms for gatherings of 10 to 15.

In drafting her business plan, Riley noted dramatically increased demand for services like online grocery ordering, and consumers craving educational ways to fill time with online classes and books. She said her classes and food service will satisfy both needs with food on the go and culinary education.

“Every bit of it is with COVID in mind,”

she said. “I firmly feel we’re going to see this for a while.”

Whether or not that’s the case, Marlowe has some advice for other restaurant owners trying to weather the pandemic’s economic impacts.

“Find ways that you can help [guests], but also ways to all work through this,” he said. “It will end, eventually, and right now we are all just trying to survive; to get to the other side of it.” BL

Social media posts featuring items such as Harry’s Mini Maple Chicken Cordon Bleu sandwiches and desserts help drive interest, says BHG marketing director Amber Cook.

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by Rob Perez (left), is opening a location inside The MET development at Midland and East Third.

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amed for its location at the intersection of Midland and East Third, The MET (cvky.org/the-met) is progressing, with some new food and beverage offerings in the works.

The 75,000-square foot mixed-use development in Lexington’s east end is spearheaded by Community Ventures. Business tenants will start to move in September through the end of the year, marketing president Jonah Brown said, and opening dates will be staggered based on how long it takes tenants to retrofit their individual spaces.

A restaurant/bakery concept will be operated by DV8 Kitchen (dv8kitchen.com) in an older but renovated portion of the MET property, with a menu that varies slightly from other locations, Brown said.

Another concept Brown said he plans to announce soon will be a coffee shop.

“I think that’ll be nice,” he said. “It’ll be right across the street from Frank’s Donuts, which opened this year, and Martine’s Pastries.”

A third food-centric concept is in the works that Brown said the community will enjoy, but he can’t release details just yet.

In addition to residential units, the MET will also have a hair salon and an art studio and gallery space in partnership with arts incubator Art Inc. Kentucky, Brown said.

In other Lexington area food and beverage news: More details have emerged about Critchfield Meats (critchfieldmeats.com) moving into the former Save-A-Lot location on Southland Drive and resurrecting sales of the grocery store’s much-loved fried chicken.

Critchfield Meats co-owner/CEO Larry McMillan said the move will take place in January, pending timely completion of building renovations.

“We did purchase the chicken recipe and we are pleased that we can continue to offer it to everyone,” he said.

The new location will also offer meatand-threes style meals, along with madefrom-scratch sides desserts and salads, McMillan said, in addition to its butcher counter and full-service family market operations.

Hot Head Burritos (hotheadburritos. com) is planning to open a new Lexington location on Newtown Center Way. The Ohio-based chain already has four Kentucky locations in Florence, Erlanger, Ft. Wright and Newport, and serves tacos, burritos, bowls, nachos, quesadillas and kids meals.

Fans of bubble tea have mixed news to

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chew on, as Honnah-Lee Bubble Tea officials announced via social media that they would close indefinitely in early August. But don’t despair, Bubble Tea Studio (lexingtonbubbleteastudio.com) opened around the same time at 535 South Upper St., serving Boba Milk Tea, Flavored Tea and Dirty Boba Tea. Speaking of refreshing drinks, The Health Hub indicated a late August opening for its East Main Street location, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader, and will offer protein shakes.

Bourbon n’ Toulouse (ilovecajun.com) updated fans on its Facebook page that the popular casual Cajun eatery would likely reopen late August/early September after a summer hiatus brought on by COVID-19 restrictions and neighborhood construction.

The new incarnation of Alfalfa (alfalfarestaurant.com), co-owned by Tiffany Bellfield Al-Amin and her husband, Wali AlAmin, held its grand opening in mid-August. The new menu features grab-and-go options, a breakfast selection that includes buckwheat pancakes, as well as starters, entrees, desserts, sandwiches, flatbreads and sides.

El Mariachi Mexican Restaurant & Cantina (elmariachilexington.com) opened a second location recently in Hamburg at the former Tzaziki’s on Justice Drive. It’s open for carryout, dine-in and patio service, as well as delivery through Door Dash and Uber Easts, according to its Facebook page.

Two Keys Tavern has closed after 66 years in business, according to an August 2 post on its Facebook page, which thanked patrons for their support over the years. “We sure didn’t realize that our last call would actually be our last call at 333 S. Limestone.

We don’t see this as a ‘Goodbye,’ hopefully more of a ‘See ya soon!’” the post said.

Apiary Fine Catering & Events (theapiary.com) recently unveiled a new upscale popup dining experience called OMAGE on Friday and Saturday evenings, presented by proprietor/chef Cooper Vaughan. The opening night for OMAGE was August 7, and subsequent dinners will consist of prix fixe menus that rotate every two weeks, each derived from inspirational world cuisines.

Vaughan said there will be a full bar, curated wines and a rotating menu of unique cocktails meant to pair perfectly with the particular night’s menu.

And being outdoors, diners can eat at a social distance on the property’s patio, gardens and tent onsite.

“We’re able to socially distance with ambiance — that’s kind of our theme,” Vaughan said.

Advance reservations are required. BL

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The distinctive style of his maternal grandfather, Eugene F. Meeks, inspired Eric Goff, above, to create a line of fun, colorful men’s accessories.

Family Ties From brightly patterned ties and pocket squares to masks for a socially distanced Kentucky Derby, E.F. Meeks — named after the owner’s stylish grandfather — has you covered

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n 2015 Eric Goff had a line of custom neckties and bow ties custom-made to honor his maternal grandfather, Eugene F. Meeks. In the beginning, he called it the Goff Club Collection, but changed the name to E.F. Meeks to keep his grandfather’s name and spirit alive. E.F. Meeks has since grown into a promising side business for Goff, as well as a passion. “It’s something I hope will become something I can raise a family off of,” he said.

Over the years, Goff has added pocket squares, scarves and now facial coverings to the line, all made from bright, multicolored fabric in equine- and bourbon-themed designs. Goff also takes orders for custom

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pieces for groomsmen gifts and for other special events.

He first sourced equine-themed fabric at local stores in Lexington, but realized his designs wouldn’t be unique if other people could find the same fabrics and make their own ties. So, he began creating his own designs and has them printed on material he sources from North Carolina. “I have two ladies here in town that custom-make and hand sew everything for me,” he said.

In addition to online ordering through his website, efmeeks.com, retail shops that carry the E.F. Meeks line include Crittenden Rawlings, Logan’s of Lexington, the Keeneland Shop and Keeneland Mercantile, and Him Gentleman’s Boutique in Louisville. Although his products are designed for men, Goff

says the 17.5-inch pocket squares look good draped on a handbag or tied as a fabric choker necklace for women. “There’s nothing to say [women] can’t wear a tie or bow tie,” he added.

Born and raised in Lexington, Goff studied accounting at Transylvania University, where he played soccer all four years. He attended law school at Northern Kentucky University, but decided to get back to numbers by working in banking and wealth management. He earned an MBA from Sullivan University and is currently an account analyst at Conduent.

Growing up, Goff loved spending time with his grandfather, especially during the summers when they played golf at Greenbrier Golf and Country Club. “He always had his regular spots for breakfast: Wheeler’s in Chevy Chase, Bob Evans on Richmond Road, Arby’s on Tates Creek Road,” Goff said. “He loved seeing people he knew; loved talking to people.”

Eugene Meeks lettered in football in 1942 at the University of Kentucky. “He was the fastest halfback in the country,” Goff said.

Meeks left UK to serve in the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel, and returned as a Wildcat in 1946 to play under Coach Bear Bryant at Stoll Field. He died in 2004, when Goff was a senior at Transy. “We had a couple of years with him once he developed Alzheimer’s,” said Goff, who is a supporter of Alzheimer’s research. He is also a “Real Men Wear Pink” ambassador for the American Cancer Society.

“When my grandfather passed away, I started wearing his sportscoats to Keeneland and weddings,” Goff said. He inherited 45 of his grandfather’s coats, most of which are brightly colored, including a couple of Lilly Pulitzer jackets, a pink suede sportscoat and a fur coat or two.

“This brand was my way of taking fun, bright colors and making men’s accessories that could keep his name and spirit alive, and dress up your 9-to-5 navy blue suit,” Goff said.

The image he pictures of his ideal customer is a salesman who walks into a room among 40 other people, all wearing navy suits. “You want to be noticed and remembered. Our accessories do both of those things,” he said.

Goff has donated pieces for silent auctions over the past two years. In mid-June, he partnered with Hollywood stylist Carson Kressley, himself an award-winning Saddlebred equestrian, on a fundraiser to support horsemen and horsewomen who have been negatively affected by COVID-19, by selling a special equine-themed necktie and bow tie through his website. He is donating profits to the United Professional Horsemen’s Association, which is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park.

The fundraiser doesn’t have a particular cutoff date yet. “We have the luxury of being local and small,” Goff said. “We can stay lean and produce things as long as needed, to try to raise as much money as we can.” BL

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Finding Opportunity in a Crisis As the pandemic continues to threaten many small businesses, local owners are adjusting their plans to position themselves for a new normal

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cross Central Kentucky, while many businesses are struggling to stay open, some Central Kentucky entrepreneurs are expanding or starting new endeavors they think will help get them through COVID-19 and beyond.

The key, said chef Ranada Riley, is being able to pivot quickly.

Riley, formerly with Ranada’s Bistro, has opened up the new Ranada’s Kitchen in Chevy Chase (read more about Riley’s plans in CraveWorthy on page 8). A shift from the restaurant she and her business partners had run since 2018, this business focuses on providing family-style carryout dinners and small catering jobs.

It’s a business model she said she thinks will serve her well during COVID and beyond.

“For me, I felt like we really needed to look at what COVID was going to do to the restaurant industry as a whole,” she said. “I wanted a place that would be COVID-friendly, but I wanted to enjoy what I was doing again.”

“When I was writing the business plan for this place, I found that online grocery ordering is up 157 percent. I want people to be able to pick up their groceries here and then do an online cooking class with me,” she said. “Online book sales are up 777 percent. People are at home more. They’re cooking more. They’re learning more and they’re being more health conscious about what they eat.”

But finding the funding for new business ventures in a pandemic has been difficult, she said.

“Here, it’s just me,” Riley said. “I’m the one who is funding this. And I justAPRIL have 2020to dig 10 in, hunker down and deliver the best product possible, as consistently as I can.”

John Ireland, owner of The Academy, a gymnastics and cheerleading facility, is digging into his own pockets to reenvision his business, too.

The company will be adding a trampoline park onto a new building he moved into after 20 years in another location. The move was precipitated by the death of the property owner, he said. But both the move and the pandemic caused him to reevaluate what his business was supposed to be and how it operates.

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according to CDC guidelines. Instead, at the new facility, there will be a trampoline park and some inflatables in the parking lot in order to make up for it.

“I feel like I’m going to do this for my lifetime,” Ireland said. “But I had to switch things up because of COVID.” He’ll also offer other services that make sense during a pandemic, like opening up the facility to a limited number of students during the day.

“We call it the NTI Day Camp. Where working parents that now have their children at home for school, we’re going to open for them and let them drop their kids off in the morning,” Ireland said. “We’ll do the homework with them during the day and then care for them until they get picked up after their parents get off work.”

So far, he said, his drop-off service is about two thirds full.

But with opening up again, comes more cleaning costs. Staff will work to clean the facility up to four times a day, he said. And they’ll follow CDC guidelines about mask wearing and handwashing throughout the facility.

Like Riley, the money for the transition and renovation comes from his own pocket and not from a bank.

“A lot of the assistance programs were based on payroll, and we’re such a small business, we didn’t qualify for a majority of that,” he said. “I just dug into savings, basically, and risked it all. That’s pretty much where I’m at now.”

For Richie Walsh, owner of Kentucky Indoor Lexington, an indoor soccer and sports facility, the pandemic was a chance to step back and assess what his business needed in order to succeed.

As an industry, indoor entertainment is a struggle during COVID, he said. For his business, which generates a large part of its revenue during the winter, figuring out how to proceed during a time when large indoor gath-

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Ranada Riley, above, recently opened Ranada’s Kitchen in Chevy Chase, offering carryout meals and more in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

erings are deemed risky has been a challenge.

“We kind of had to take a step back and gauge what this new future was going to look like. It did give us an opportunity to start reevaluating everything that gets pushed off to the side when you’re deep in day-to-day operations,” he said.

Some of the reevaluations led to concerns about the condition of the facility.

When negotiations with the building’s owner about updating the facility broke down, the business and the property parted ways. That led to another look, Walsh said, of what his business offers and how he was

“A lot of the assistance programs were based on payroll, and we’re such a small business, we didn’t qualify for a majority of that. I just dug into savings, basically, and risked it all.”

John Ireland, owner The academy

going to deliver for his customers.

That means finding and retrofitting an existing property, or building to suit on an undeveloped property. Over the course of the next few months, he said, he’ll be considering his options and watching what happens in order to open up in the winter of 2021–2022.

“We’re essentially just waiting to see what’s going to happen. It’s a tremendous ask to start a new venture in the world of indoor sports in this climate,” he said. “I do not have a tremendous amount of confidence that, even if the government or the governor himself were to say, ‘That’s it! The virus is eradicated, everybody celebrate. Take off your masks and let’s go outside!’ I just don’t know that [everything will return to normal] that quickly. And because of that, we have no chance and have no plan to come back this winter.”

But a good relationship with his bank and good relationships with others in the community are helping him to ensure that when he is ready to start moving, he’ll have the funding to do so. BL

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Left, John W. Ireland III, a former University of Kentucky cheerleader, opened The Academy – Lexington Gymnastics and Cheerleading in 2000. Above, a display case houses trophies won by the gym’s competitive cheer squad.

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tive aspect of cheer and gymnastics, Ireland runs The Academy for kids with and without a high level of coordination, with and without competition in mind. “I just want a kid to have fun and learn the skills,” he said.

Before becoming a business owner two decades ago at the age of 24, Ireland worked in Los Angeles as a licensed behavioral modi-

“I realized I couldn’t do it anymore,” he said. “I came home and felt like a failure.” He started working at a gymnastics facility in Hartland and was able to buy it in 2000. In 2006 he moved The Academy to its current location.

“I feel like this facility has succeeded because we really try to allow everyone to utilize

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Whiskey Business As an international trade war drags on, American distillers watch overseas’ profits drain away while sales remain strong at home

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fter enjoying decades of domestic and international growth, Kentucky whiskey makers find themselves sipping a bittersweet cocktail of sales increases at home and declines in overseas markets.

Production of bourbon, rye and other whiskeys at Kentucky distilleries remains at record-breaking pace as brands invest millions of dollars into expansion of distillery infrastructure and tourism attractions. Even as the COVID-19 crisis drags on the overall United States economy, spirits sales stateside continue growing despite steep falloffs in sales suffered at the nation’s restaurants and bars, which are closed or operating at reduced capacity.

Decreases in international sales of American whiskey, however, remain troubling.

Between 1997 and 2018, American spirits penetration into European markets increased steadily and profitably, growing from $143 million in annual sales to about $750 million.

But when the U.S. enacted trade tariffs in 2018 against the Brussels-based European Union for its member countries’ subsidies of steel and aircraft manufacturers, the E.U. retaliated with a 25 percent tariff of its own. Those

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Annual sales of Kentucky-made whiskey exported to the European Union have dropped from a peak of $240 million to $170 million in 2019, following retaliatory tariffs on American-made whiskey.

import taxes on a host of U.S. products, including American whiskeys, immediately slowed sales to the region as consumers declined to purchase those now-pricier potables.

According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), U.S. spirits exports to the E.U. could have eclipsed the $1 billion mark in in 2019 had the E.U. not created its own tariffs on American products.

As a result, U.S. spirits sales to the E.U. (which are made up mostly of whiskeys such as bourbon and rye) slid to $514 million by 2019’s end. And based on projected lost growth and real declines in 2020 sales, DISCUS estimates an ongoing loss of $337 million.

At their peak, annual sales of whiskey exported from Kentucky to the E.U. was $230

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The tariffs have cut sales of Lexington-based James E. Pepper Distillery’s whiskey to the European Union by half.

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million, said Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers Association (KDA). By the end of 2019, sales had slumped closer to $170 million.

“That’s pretty far behind when you’ve been averaging double digit growth over the last decade,” Gregory said. “The E.U., which has been our top export market — about half of what we export from Kentucky — was where we were averaging almost 30 percent growth annually. … Now that’s down 30 to 40 points, which is a big hit.”

Like every Kentucky distillery, Gregory hoped the 2018 tariff tiff would end quickly.

But the U.S. and the E.U. have only stiffened their resolve to maintain their positions. U.S. spirits producers worried the E.U. would vote to double the tariff from 25 percent to 50 percent in early August. But on Aug. 12, the tariff remained at 25 percent with the E.U. hinting it could double or quadruple it next spring.

While the news generated cautious optimism among U.S. distillers, according to Rob Merrin, vice president of international trade at DISCUS, it was small consolation given ongoing pressure on global sales.

“We view the choice to keep the status quo in a positive light [by] hoping it’ll create some positive momentum that brings the U.S. and the E.U. back to the bargaining table,” Merrin said. “We’ve been working in close conjunction with several beverage alcohol producing groups to urge the U.S. to negotiate with the E.U. to simultaneously remove these tariffs.”

Allies of U.S. spirits makers, Merrin said, include SpiritsEurope, the Scotch Whiskey Association and others whose constituents are suffering similar sales declines caused by retaliatory tariffs levied on their products.

According to DISCUS data, since the 2018 beverage trade war began, U.S. imports of Scotch whisky have declined 33 percent to $723 million from a peak of $1 billion.

U.S. imports of liqueurs and cordials from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom were off 23 percent ($372 million

to $288 million) for the same period. At the same time, U.S. imports of certain wines from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. declined nearly 44 percent ($587 million from $1.04 billion).

Not only are groups like DISCUS and the KDA predicting thousands of distilling industry jobs could be lost in the wake of declining sales to the E.U., both bodies believe U.S. tariffs on E.U. imports will also trigger declines in employment. A July press release issued by 17 U.S., E.U. and U.K. spirits, beer and wine trade associations showed those industries’ frustration over becoming collateral damage in a trade war that is ultimately about steel and aircraft subsidies.

“Beverage alcohol sectors on both sides of the Atlantic have suffered enough,” the group release read. “These tariffs are exacerbating the incredible burden hospitality businesses are experiencing with the widespread closures of bars and restaurants due to COVID-19. The U.S. and E.U. need to seek measures to bolster hospitality jobs, not saddle businesses with unnecessary tariffs.”

While losses at the U.S.’s largest distillers represent the bulk of total sales declines, smaller players such as James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington are seeing the dividends of hard work to penetrate E.U. markets evaporate under the tariff pressures. Pepper owner Amir Peay said it’s possible that wellestablished distribution channels for his brand’s rye whiskeys could be lost for good if the trade war doesn’t end soon.

“That whiskey makers on both sides of the Atlantic have been dragged into an industrial war over steel and jets is the stupidest thing ever,” said Peay. After surveying European markets firsthand several years ago, he saw an opportunity to introduce Europeans to American rye whiskey. Sales took off and accounted for 10 percent of Pepper’s revenues.

Since the trade war began, though, Pepper’s E.U. sales are off 50 percent. “This is all political posturing that hurts consumers, and its serious damage to companies like might that may not be easily undone.” BL

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me getting up each day, putting on that black robe, and then going down and sitting in that seat — where I am being fair and treating everybody with an unbiased eye — has to make a difference.”

Melissa has demonstrated these qualities throughout her legal career, including as an assistant Fayette County Commonwealth’s attorney and as a special assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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Danny and Melissa Moore Murphy met at the University of Kentucky, and are both active in the community. “We recognize, as the Scripture says, ‘To whom much is given, much is required,’” Danny says.

Justice for All

She’s a recently appointed district judge. He’s instrumental in UK’s College of Law. Together Melissa and Daniel Murphy are working to support a more inclusive and equitable future.

BY LISA A. BROWN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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icah, a prophet in Old Testament Scripture, possessed a heart for disenfranchised individuals.

Greatly concerned about societal ills, he prophesied against powerful rulers who oppressed the vulnerable. Set against the backdrop of a courtroom, he poses the question: “What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly before your God?” Melissa Moore Murphy, Fayette County district court judge, identifies with Micah’s deep-seated compassion. Murphy, 43, dedicates her life — professionally and personally — to seeking justice. “I think that every person who comes through a court system should be treated the same, regardless of their circumstances,” Murphy said.

Murphy is married to Daniel (Danny) Murphy, Jr., senior assistant dean of community engagement and operations/ chief diversity officer at the University of Kentucky’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law. As his title suggests, he performs many duties within the college, including establishing partnerships between the college and the community and assisting with nonacademic day-to-day operations. He was responsible for overseeing the college’s $56 million building renovation and expansion project, which was completed last year. He also serves as a liaison for the college’s diversity efforts.

Danny, 49, also an attorney, shares his wife’s dedication and commitment to equitable representation. Motivated by discrepancies within the criminal justice system based on race and socioeconomic status, Danny realized as a teenager that he wanted to pursue a career as an attorney. “I recognized that, through the legal profession, you could be a voice for so many who do not have a voice and representation,” he said. His objective was to help ensure that the justice system is without

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partiality. In his experience, “if you were a person of color or from lower socioeconomic means, the justice system did not treat you the same as the person who came from the middle or upper class, in particular, someone who was white,” he said.

Echoing her husband’s sentiments, Melissa chose the legal profession because she didn’t view the court system as always being objective. During her youth, Melissa’s family experienced legal challenges which caused her to see that justice isn’t always blind. For Melissa’s family, she says that there wasn’t anyone who adequately explained the judicial process, showed compassion or treated them fairly. It was at this point that a teenaged Melissa began dreaming of one day becoming a judge.

An important appointment Her childhood dream became a reality in April when Gov. Andy Beshear appointed her to fill a vacancy in Kentucky’s 22nd Judicial District Court, a position for which she was already running. In this capacity, Melissa presides over cases involving juvenile matters, misdemeanors, city and county ordinances, felony probable cause hearings, cases related to domestic violence and abuse, some small claims and civil suits, as well as other matters. She will serve the remainder of her appointment until the general election in November, in which she is running unopposed and is the presumptive winner.

After Pamela Goodwine, a former circuit court judge, ascended to the appellate court in 2018, there wasn’t a person of color on the district or circuit court bench. “I am a huge advocate for representation matters,” said Fayette District Judge Lindsay Hughes Thurston. Thurston believes that Melissa’s appointment, especially during this period of racial unrest, is essential. “Her being there is more important than it’s ever been.”

For Melissa, the reasons she chose to sit on the bench remain at the forefront. “I have to have the hope that my presence can make a difference,” she said. “That, at the very least,

A shared vision The desire to create and work within a judicial system that is free of biases is how Melissa and Danny’s paths crossed.

They met when Melissa was an undergraduate student at the University of Kentucky majoring in political science and history. He was a second-year law student. Determined to matriculate to the Rosenburg College of Law after completing her bachelor’s degree, Melissa often frequented events that the college hosted, including an official guided tour led by Danny — who caught Melissa’s attention. “I flirted with him, but he ignored me because of our age difference,” she said with a laugh.

They kept in touch after Danny graduated and he started working for a law firm in western Kentucky, began dating and, eventually, married.

“The union between Danny and Melissa makes Danny a stronger Danny and Melissa a stronger Melissa,” said Dr. Anton Reece, president of West Kentucky Community and Technical College and a friend of the Murphys. “The combination of the two brings in that extra element. I’m not sure that they could pull it off individually, but collectively they bring a powerful and precious dynamic as a couple to the table.”

The Murphys aren’t content with being the only ones seated at the table. They’ve intentionally centered their careers around ensuring that everyone has a seat, especially those who are at the fringes of society. In the midst of today’s heightened civil unrest and systemic racism, Melissa says in order for people of color to trust the judicial system, it is imperative to elect judges and prosecutors who exercise fairness and are held accountable. Equally important, she says, is having a diverse jury pool. She encourages the black community not to shirk from their civic duty. “If you’re not here at the table to be a part of this process, then how can you say that it doesn’t work?”

The couple agrees that the system needs reform, but the solution is more complex than only examining implicit biases, they say. It entails factoring in one’s race and socioeconomic status while ensuring that everyone has equal resources and access to quality representation. “It’s not believing in what [the judicial system] is, but believing in what it can be and what it has to be,” Danny said. For the criminal justice system to truly reflect the community that it represents, it requires a diverse, participatory community within that system, he said.

Outside of their professions, Melissa and Danny are actively involved in a plethora of civic organizations. “We both have made it a point to be as active as we can possibly be in every area of Lexington,” Melissa said. “We’ve tried our best not to just have our degrees, do our jobs and go home.”

Melissa serves on the board of directors of the Chrysalis House, a residential program for expecting mothers with substance abuse. She also chairs the statewide Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, where she and her fellow board members review cases of child fatalities or near fatalities resulting from suspected abuse or neglect.

Danny serves on the statewide board of the Kentucky YMCA Youth Association, focusing on leadership development for middle and high school students in the areas of state government and mock United Nations activities and exercises. Danny said his passion is Commerce Lexington. He is a current board member and former chair. His involvement has included public policy and community, as well as minority business initiatives. “I believe that [Commerce Lexington] helps lead the way for opening doors and moving our community forward.”

Melissa and Danny, both ordained ministers, are members of Consolidated Baptist Church. “For us, ministry is not in the traditional church sense. Ministry is what we are doing through our profession and volunteer work in the community,” Danny said. “Whatever our calling is, that’s where we believe we’re supposed to make a difference.”

The couple agrees that their greatest role is lifting and supporting their three children (ages 7, 14 and 20) and grandchild. “We are raising strong, resilient children who are going to make changes in this world in whatever way they choose,” Melissa said.

Based on the foundation that their parents have laid, the next generation of Murphys are set to make a positive impact in their community. Said Danny: “We recognize, as the Scripture says, ‘To whom much is given, much is required.’” BL

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Kentucky Distilleries Ranked by total number of labels produced Distillery Name Address, Phone Website

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2019

Number of Labels

Top Executive/ Master Distiller

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Distillery Name Address, Phone Website

Number of Labels

Top Executive/ Master Distiller

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Buffalo Trace Distillery 113 Great Buffalo Trace Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 696-5926, (800) 654-8471 www.buffalotracedistillery.com

54

Harlen Wheatley (Master Distiller)

9

New Riff Distilling 24 Distillery Way Newport, KY 41073 (859) 261-7433 www.newriffdistilling.com

10

Ken Lewis (Founder and CEO), Brian Sprance (Head Distiller)

2

Heaven Hill Distillery Heaven Hill Brands 1064 Loretto Road Bardstown, KY 40004 (502) 348-3921 www.heavenhilldistillery.com www.heavenhillbrands.com

35*

Max L. Shapira (Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc. President), Conor O’Driscoll (Master Distiller)

10

Dueling Grounds Distillery 208 Harding Road Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 776-9046 www.duelinggroundsdistillery.com

9

Marc Dottore (Top Executive and Master Distiller)

24

Willett Distillery 1869 Loretto Road Bardstown, KY 40004 (502) 348-0081 www.willettdistillery.com

8

Jim Beam Brands 526 Happy Hollow Road Clermont, KY 40110 (502) 215-2295 www.jimbeam.com www.beamsuntory.com

11

Drew Kulsveens (Master Distiller), Britt Kulsveen (Top Executive)

12

7

Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Town Branch Distillery 401 Cross St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) 255-2337 www.lexingtonbrewingco.com

Kaveh Zamanian (Founder, CEO and Whiskey Maker)

22

Rabbit Hole Distillery 711 E. Jefferson St. Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 561-2000 www.rabbitholedistillery.com

13

5

Chris Morriss (Master Distiller)

5

Lux Row Distillers 1 Lux Row Bardstown, KY 40004 (502) 337-7420 www.luxrowdistillers.com

20

The Woodford Reserve Distillery 7785 McCracken Pike Versailles, KY 40383 (859) 879-1812 www.woodfordreserve.com

5

Lawson Whiting, (President and CEO)

6

Barton 1792 Distillery 300 Barton Road Bardstown, KY 40004 (866) 239-4690 www.1792distillery.com

15

Brown-Forman 850 Dixie Highway Louisville, KY 40210 (502) 585-4559 www.brown-forman.com

4

7

Bardstown Bourbon Company 1500 Parkway Drive Bardstown, KY 40004 (502) 233-4769 www.bardstownbourbon.com

13

Four Roses Distillery, LLC 1224 Bonds Mill Road Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 (502) 839-2655 www.fourrosesbourbon.com

Mark Ashida (CEO Four Roses Distillery, LLC)/ Brent Elliott (Master Distiller)

4

Old Forester Distilling Co. 119 W. Main St. Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 779-2222 www.oldforester.com

12

Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. 120 N. 10th St. Louisville, KY 40202 (502) 566-4999 www.kentuckypeerless.com

Corky Taylor (Owner and CEO), Caleb Kilburn (Master Distiller)

Neeley Family Distillery 4360 KY-1130 Sparta, KY 41086 (859) 537-0165 www.neeleyfamilydistillery.com

4

Royce Neeley (Top Executive and Master Distiller)

3 4

8

Albert Baladi (Beam Suntory CEO), Fred Noe (Master Distiller)

Deirdre Lyons and Dr. Mark Lyons (owners), Mark Coffman (Master Distiller)

TIE Donn Lux, (Chairman and CEO), John Rempe (Master Distiller)

13 TIE

Danny Kahn (Master Distiller)

15 TIE

Mark Erwin (CEO), Steve Nally (Master Distiller)

Jackie Zykan (Master Taster), Campbell Brown (President), Chris Morris (Master Distiller), Erik Brown (Homeplace Manager)

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Catering Companies and Venues Ranked by total square footage of venues 2020

Rank

Company Name Address, Phone Website

Total Square Footage

Number of People Served Cocktail/Seated

Event Planner(s)/ Caterers

Owner(s)

Year Established

1

Bluegrass Catering 903 Manchester St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) 231-7676 www.903venues.com

28,396 sq. ft.

(5 venues)

Speakeasy: Sitting 150, Standing 200; Distillery Square: Sitting 600, Standing 600; Grand Reserve: Sitting 400, Standing 866; Private farm venue: Sitting 400 Standing 1,000; Wm. Tarr Distillery: Sitting 100, Standing 200

Jill Bakehorn/ Bluegrass Catering

Jill and Judy Bakehorn

1990

2

Carrick House 312 N. Limestone St. Lexington, KY 40508 (859) 255-0717 www.carrickhouse.com

22,000 sq. ft. 1,800 sq. ft.

10/10,000

Paige Melcahy and Charles Brubeck/ Lundys Catering

Jerry Lundergan

1972

3

The Kentucky Castle 230 Pisgah Pike Versailles, KY 40383 (859) 256-0322 www.thekentuckycastle.com

20,391 sq. ft.

(6 venues) **

Parlor: U-Shape 15, Dining 30 (36 including turret), Cocktail 40, Auditorium 40; Courtyard: Auditorium 400+, Cocktail 400; Ballroom: U-Shape 30, Dining 96, Cocktail 200, Auditorium 160, Classroom 50; Roof Top: Dining 176, Cocktail 350, Auditorium 300; East Terrace: Dining 176, Cocktail 350, Auditorium 300; Greenhouse: U-Shape 60, Dining 320, Cocktail 400, Auditorium 500, Classroom 168

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Round Barn Stable of Memories 1210 Red Mile Rd. Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 523-7915 www.bayoubluegrass.com

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Catering: 4,000, The Round Barn: 400

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The Mane on Main 201 E. Main St., #1500 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 231-0464 www.themaneonmain.com

12,500 sq. ft. **

400 cocktail/ 250 seated

Heather Martin/ Dupree Catering

Tom Evans

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The Winchester Opera House 10 E. Lexington Ave. Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 745-6622 www.winchesteroperahouse.com

8,000 sq. ft.

400 cocktail/ 300 seated

Natalie Johnson (Senior Events Coordinator), Valerie Pease (Events Coordinator)

Vanessa Ziembroski

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Copper Roux 861 S. Broadway Lexington, KY 40504 (859) 523-7915 www.bayoubluegrass.com

5,000 sq. ft. **

Catering: 4,000/ Copper Roux: 200

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Wild Thyme 1060 Chinoe Road, Ste. 108 Lexington, KY 40502 (859) 523-2665 www.wildthymecooking.com

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125 cocktail/ 60 seated

Allison Davis/ Wild Thyme Catering and fully licensed bar services

Allison Davis

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Loma’s at the Opera House 103 S. Main St. Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 745-2716

2,200 sq. ft.

100 cocktail/ 70 seated

Vanessa Ziembroski/ Catering by Loma’s at the Opera House

Vanessa Ziembroski

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Moundale Manor 100 Moundale Ave. Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 745-0045 www.winchesteroperahouse.com/ moundale-manor

1,100 sq. ft.

40 guest seated/ Private Dining Room: 12 guests

Vanessa Ziembroski/ Catering by Loma’s at the Opera House

Vanessa Ziembroski

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The president of Frontier Nursing University on how the profession is changing, modern solutions to better serve rural communications and the college’s move to a new campus.

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rontier Nursing University was founded in 1939 by Mary Breckinridge, a nurse midwife who traveled remote regions of eastern Kentucky by horseback providing medical care for Appalachian families. Originally called the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, the school, based in Hyden, Kentucky, helped set standards of care for nursing and midwifery.

While the university’s mission remains the same, its scope has grown. Under the leadership of Dr. Susan Stone, president of Frontier Nursing University (FNU) since 2001, the school has developed accredited graduate programs that lead students to careers as nurse-midwives, family nurse practitioners, women’s health care nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. The school primarily offers distance learning programs, with students living in all 50 states who travel to Kentucky for orientation as well as for educational clinics.

We spoke with Dr. Stone about FNU’s programs, as well as the school’s recent move to a new 67-acre campus in Versailles, Kentucky. While the first in-person orientation at the new campus has been delayed, instruction continues apace.

Having such a robust Distance Education program in place has had to have helped during the pandemic.

Certainly, it has. We were of course worried about whether students will continue to come and whether they would be ready for graduate education during a pandemic, but apparently they are and our admissions have not dropped at all.

And [students] are eager to serve. They’re eager to take that next step in nursing to achieve either a nurse practitioner degree or a nurse midwifery degree. We continue to roll along and are feeling very blessed.

If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s how critical frontline health care workers are. How has nursing been impacted? So many things changed in health care immediately, like, suddenly [providers] were able to receive healthcare system payments for telehealth visits for things like prenatal care and primary care visits, which hadn’t been done in the past.

And also advanced practice nurses were given full scope [in primary care services].

These are practices we’ve been fighting for.

In Kentucky, we’ve been pretty lucky that we had almost full scope practice, except some restrictions on prescriptions, and that was lifted for the time of the pandemic.

For midwives what you’re seeing now is they are doing maybe the first prenatal

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visit in person, and then the second, third and fourth visits will be done by telehealth, and then [the patient] might come in for an ultrasound. Women are checking their own weight and their blood pressure, and then checking in with their nurse midwife. We’re talking about for completely healthy pregnancies, of course.

The same thing is happening with the mental health profession, which has done this largely in the past. They’re probably the leader in the profession in terms of telehealth. And with family nurse practitioners.

It’s not that everything can be done through telehealth, but I do look at this happening and see the effectiveness of it

and wonder, even after the pandemic is over, what we’re going to learn from this?

When you live in a rural area, think about trying to drive from Hyden, Kentucky, to UK HealthCare for prenatal visits and ultrasounds. A lot of women are just not going to do it, and [telehealth] makes it much more convenient for them. At the school, we’re doing some fundraising to develop a telehealth clinic for our students to practice. Helping people stay healthy is our biggest focus.

FNU was the first nursing school to offer a distance learning program, correct? Yes, we had some visionary leaders who put that process in place, and we

Dr. Susan Stone, herself a graduate of Frontier Nursing University, became president of the college in 2001.

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started distance education in 1989. Think of it — there was no internet yet, and we were sending out big boxes of books and articles and faxing things and calling people back. I happen to have been in that first class as a young nurse. I lived in upstate New York at that time, about six hours from the city. It was a very rural area.

Many students still go on to work in rural areas after graduation, right?

A lot of them are already committed to their own communities, and they will stay and serve those communities. And we know that’s really beneficial. For example, in Native American communities or in black communities, we see that if you have race concordant care, you actually get better outcomes. If you educate the people who live in these communities to be the healthcare providers in those communities, there’s just this connection that happens. They understand the culture and they understand the people.

How will the new campus in Versailles help further FNU’s mission?

What prompted the move? We have over 2,000 students now, and every quarter we do five different orientation sessions.

Students come in, they stay for four days, and then they go home. We also host students for six week-long clinical sessions each term. In Hyden, where our primary residence was, we were using buildings that were 100 years old. They are really historic, beautiful buildings and we’re hoping that there will be a new use for those. We were also sitting up at the top of a mountain and would have problems with retaining walls and other things. For years, we would this big bus — we called it the purple bus — and bring students in from the Bluegrass Airport in Lexington. It was different when we did it three times a year 20 years ago, but now we’re doing it almost every week. The logistics were just getting harder and harder.

So, we started looking around and found the Versailles campus, which was the United Methodist Children’s Home previously. It’s a beautiful environment, it’s close to the airport and it’s close to the major highways. We renovated the existing buildings, and they’re much better suited for the numbers and the needs that we have now. The location will also allow us to better interact with organizations in Frankfort and other health care organizations, for example at the University of Kentucky.

The biggest thing is that we are very clear in our mission and we stay focused on our mission, and that’s what helps us to be successful. It’s about the students and their passion — that allows us to do what we do. BL

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Who’sWho New Hires & Promotions Landrum & Shouse LLP announced Lacey Fiorella, Heather Pack Howell and Erin C.S. Izzo as new partners to the firm’s Lexington office.

Field & Main Bank announced the appointment of Greg Risch and Ron Faupel to its board of directors. Tracy Vaughn has also been named the bank’s director of retail, first vice president.

Former Hulu Creative Director Forest Erickson has joined Wrigley Media Group as SVP, Production & Creative Services.

Fayette County Public Schools Superintendent Manny Caulk has announced the next principal of Yates Elementary School as Barry Richburg, a North Carolina native who coincidentally served as principal of Yates Mill Elementary School in Raleigh.

Commerce Lexington Inc.’s Katie Vandegrift has been promoted to director of marketing and research for the economic development team.

The Great American Brass Band Festival board of directors has appointed new board members, Bill Bandy and Michael “Fly” Hughes. Missy Angolia was also officially welcomed as new executive director.

Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) employees from across the state have selected Joseph Heerdink from Madisonville Community College (MCC) to represent them on the KCTCS Board of Regents.

Heerdink is the regional director of information technology at MCC. Bourbon Community Hospital announced that Tommy Haggard has been named its new chief executive officer. Haggard joins Bourbon Community Hospital from Bluegrass Community Hospital in Versailles, where he has served as CEO since 2010.

The Henry Clay Memorial Foundation has appointed three new members to the foundation’s board of directors. Joining the board are Holly Conrad Bandoroff, M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Johnson, AIA. Meyer Natural Foods announced that Charity Bradley, a hospitality and food industry marketing leader, has been named marketing manager for their entire portfolio of brands and will be based in Lexington.

Rupp Arena and Central Bank Center announced that three longtime managers of the complex have recently retired and three veteran staff members have been promoted. Those retiring are: The company’s

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longest-serving employee, Merrill Richardson; technical services manager, Bob Stoops; and ticket office manager, Jeff Bojanowski. Michael Fox has been promoted to director of facilities support. Chuck Hisle has been promoted to technical services manager; and Shannon Elliott has been promoted to ticket office manager.

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Nonprofit community mental health center, New Vista, has announced the selection of Dee Werline as its next president and chief executive officer.

McDaniel Wealth Management, PLLC recently welcomed accounting associate Josiah Robbins to its team.

Ali Elfandi, MD, has joined CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group – Cardiology in Lexington as an interventional cardiologist.

The University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center recently welcomed two accomplished researchers into its infectious disease program.

Feng Li has been named the William Robert Mills chair in equine infectious disease and Dan Wang joins the department as a virologist.

Maria J. Small, MD, MPH, was unanimously approved as the newest member of the Frontier Nursing University board of directors.

The Leadership Lexington Steering Committee has announced the new class of Leadership Lexington for 2020-21, which includes the following individuals with varied backgrounds from a variety of segments of the Lexington community: Leidy Borges-Gonzalez, Community Action Council; Alice Bowen, Lexmark International, Inc.; Cynae Carter, Community Action Council; Lindsey Cheatham, Kismet Marketing; Trisha Clement-Montgomery, University of Kentucky; Sarah Deye, Keeneland Association; Megan George, Stites & Harbison, PLLC; Timothy Johnson, United Way of the Bluegrass; Kendriana Price, UK CAFÉ Office of Diversity; Clayton Roberts, Lexington Police Department; Andrea Schroeder, LG&E and KU Energy LLC; Brittany Scordo, Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office; Judy Simpson, Blue & Co.; Leslie Smart, CHI Saint Joseph Health Foundations; Maxwell D. Smith, Ward, Hocker & Thornton, PLLC; Paige Halpin Smith, Lexington Public Library; Erin Soard, Traditional Bank; Veda Stewart, Fayette County Public Schools; Tamika Tompoulidis, University of Kentucky; Chad Traylor, Lexington Fire Department; Shawn Umbrell, University of Kentucky; Eliza van Dissel, AU Associates; Michael Vatti, Lexmark International, Inc.; Kyle Virgin, McBrayer PLLC; and

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Tom Shelton has been appointed to serve as the executive director of the Henry Clay Center of Statesmanship.

Dorothy Lockhart, MBA, MSN, RN, has been named the new vice president of CHI Saint Joseph Health Partners.

Robert Canina has been named system executive director of construction and energy services for Baptist Health.

Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed David Jones of Barlow, Josh Lillard of Hebron and Rob Lear of Versailles to the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission.

Kudos Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced that partner Laura Holoubek has been named a

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The Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline Inc. have selected 24 outstanding educators for the 2021 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards, including two from Fayette County Public Schools. Donnie Piercey of Stonewall Elementary and Christopher McCurry of Lafayette High School qualify to compete for the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced in October 2020.

Nick Bailey, a financial advisor with Townsend Financial Planning LLC, recently earned his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM certification.

University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment faculty members recently brought home national awards from American

Society of Animal Science. UK equine specialist, Bob Coleman received both the 2020 Equine Science Society and ASAS Equine Science Award and the 2020 Fellow Award for Teaching. UK professor of animal nutrition, James Matthews, was awarded the 2020 ASAS Gary L. Cromwell Award for Research in Minerals.

LEX18’s Kevin Christopher, a mainstay behind the desk for evening and late news since 2000, announced his plans to retire at the end of August. Along with co-anchor Nancy Cox and Chief Meteorologist Bill Meck, the trio comprises the longest running news team in Lexington TV, having shared 20 years together on the air.

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