COVINGTON, Ky. — Christopher Myers is the regulatory services manager for the City of Covington. He also sits on the 2022 Northern Kentucky Restoration Weekend Committee, taking place May 20-22, 2022. He said historic preservation is important. 

“Historic preservation is about identity. It’s what makes our places so special and you can just feel the quality of place in a block like this. This was made for people by people focused on pedestrians. There’s so many wonderful details if you slowed down and take a look- it was really built to last a long time and inspire us to continue building on to these legacy investments,” Myers said.

He said homes aren’t built like they used to be and this weekend event takes place to provide resources to people in Covington, Bellevue and Newport areas.

“We’re three historic river cities with lots of older homes like the ones behind me that need specialized care and this event came out of lack of access to folks who can really treat these buildings right and fix them up correctly,” Myers said.

Because preserving these historic homes goes a long way and can even help the tourism industry.

“We’re able to capture what makes our city so unique and attract talent, jobs, businesses to our cities through our ethic in maintaining our built environment,” he said.

More information on this can be found their website.