the center in the media
Five Louisville startups to watch in 2020
It’s been an active year for the Louisville startup scene with two major entities taking shape.
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The second major change in the ecosystem was the opening of The Center by SIDIS this summer.
The center, an $6 million entrepreneurial hub, houses dozens of founders through the co-working community Story Louisville. Additionally, it’s become an active event venue and gathering place for entrepreneurs and the larger community. (…)
Press release 09/20/2019
KENTUCKY WELCOMES NEWEST INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB — THE CENTER BY SIDIS
Grand Opening to Celebrate Historic Renovation Scheduled for September 25 at 900 E. Main Street Building in Louisville from 1:00PM–3:00PM ET
Press release 09/25/2019
LOCAL LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, ENTREPRENEURS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHER TO CELEBRATE THE CENTER BY SIDIS IN LOUISVILLE
Grand Opening Celebration at 900 E. Main Street Building Attended by Hundreds at the Official Unveiling of the City’s Newest Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub
The NuLu entrepreneurial hub finally has a name
The entrepreneurial hub in NuLu finally has a name: The Center by SIDIS.
The center, at 900 E. Main St., is a 40,000-square-foot facility that's now fully leased and bustling with activity from local startups. (…)
The Center by SIDIS celebrates completion of renovations
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Center by SIDIS, an entrepreneurship and innovation hub in Louisville, is celebrating the completion of a three-year renovation.
“It’s a multi-use building," SIDIS President & CEO, Nigel Ferrey said. "But really, it’s an entrepreneurial center for the creative people in Louisville to come.” (…)
Louisville entrepreneurial hub opens after three-year makeover
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Center by SIDIS, Louisville's new hub for startup companies, formally opened on Wednesday after three years of planning and $5.5 million in renovations.
SIDIS, a privately held Fort Collins, Colorado firm that invests in life sciences -- including two Louisville-based companies -- bought and made over the former DeHart Paint & Varnish Co. at 900 E. Main Street in NuLu. (…)
New innovator support and co-working space opens in Louisville
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Leaders of SIDIS Global and state and local officials came together today for the opening of the organization’s new entrepreneurial and innovation center in Louisville, a project three years in the making.
“Gov. Matt Bevin’s leadership is resulting in the growth and support of innovators within Kentucky’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. (…)
our residents in the media
Microsoft, Story Louisville unveil space for new artificial intelligence hub
"We're not in every city. We're here in Louisville very intentionally because we think Louisville has all the right attributes for a city poised for tremendous growth," said Jennifer Byrne, the chief technology officer for Microsoft U.S.
Microsoft is looking to bring artificial intelligence, internet of things and data science to Louisville. It will all be centered at Story Louisville, powered by Microsoft, at East Main Street. (…)
Story Louisville celebrates grand opening of new space on Wednesday
It isn’t just a workspace. Natalia Bishop, founder of Story Louisville, sees the concept as something much bigger.
She envisions it as a place where entrepreneurs and business owners of like minds can meet and share knowledge and experiences. It’s a daily collaboration, in a sense. (…)
Story Labs is officially open — what that means for the entrepreneurial community
Story Labs, a division of the co-working community of Story, was created for founders, by founders — namely Natalia Bishop and Adam Robinson.
Louisville tech company moving to new NuLu entrepreneur hub
Jonathan Erwin is CEO and founder of Red e App. He said the company will relocate its offices and about 20 staff to a new entrepreneur hub at 900 E. Main St. The company had leased space in a former NuLu church for years.
Butter 'em up: Ever-popular Biscuit Belly is adding a third location in Louisville
Butter 'em up: Biscuit Belly is expanding again with a third location.
The fast-casual chicken-and-biscuits restaurant opened to rave traffic at 900 E. Main Street in NuLu in early June. In mid-September, Biscuit Belly announced a second location would soon open in St. Matthews. (…)
INSIDE LOOK: Biscuit Belly opens in NuLu (PHOTOS)
Biscuit Belly is now open in Louisville's NuLu district.
The fast-casual restaurant concept — created by LouVino owner Chad Coulter — opened June 1. It has been packed with breakfast and lunch crowds ever since.
For Coulter, Biscuit Belly has been in the works for several years. (…)
Long in the making, Biscuit Belly adds a unique new dining option in NuLu
When Tavis Rockwell and Chad Coulter were designing LouVino, the popular Highlands restaurant that now has five locations, there was another idea in their minds as well. That idea was pushed to the backburner for a time, but recently it became a reality with the opening of Biscuit Belly in NuLu. (…)
Biscuit Belly opening this week in NuLu
A new restaurant is opening in NuLu, and it’s all about the biscuits baby! Biscuit Belly is set to open to the public on Saturday, June 1.
It’s located at 900 East Main Street, in the heart of NuLu.
The Biscuit Belly menu offers a wide variety of biscuit sandwiches, biscuit and gravy dishes and other items like praline beignets and pancake corndogs. (…)
Biscuit Belly Boosts The Biscuit Trend
“The next wave of hot restaurants could be a basket full of biscuit concepts,” the trade journal Restaurant Business Magazine prophesied in 2016, focusing on Cracker Barrel’s planned biscuit-eatery spin-off Holler & Dash.
Heck, it could have mentioned the Florida-based Maple Street Biscuit Co. chain, which opened in 2012, and even the West Virginia-based chain Tudor’s Biscuit World, which opened in 1980. (…)
FIRST LOOK: Custom-scented candle workshop to open in NuLu entrepreneurial hub (PHOTOS)
Two Louisville entrepreneurs are bringing unique scents to NuLu.
Maddox & Rose Marketplace, founded by Leigh Robinson and Jamie Tronzo, is one of the latest storefronts to open in NuLu’s entrepreneurial hub at 900 E. Main St. It’s a custom candle-making workshop, where consumers can mix and pour their own original scents. (…)
The Massive Biscuit Sandwiches At This New Restaurant In Kentucky Will Fill Your Belly
As a southern state with incredible cuisine and a knack for comfort food, Kentucky knows a good biscuit when we taste one. There are many mom and pop restaurants and other favorite dining destinations that specialize in the biscuit, and we are always happy to add another one to the list. Now open in the NuLu neighborhood of Louisville, Biscuit Belly is a new Kentucky restaurant that will exceed your expectations. The massive biscuit sandwiches and other menu items here will fill your belly and have you lining up for more. (…)
Old books? Old fashioned? Make your own candle scent at this Nulu bar
The newest bar in NuLu can pour you an old fashioned or watermelon daiquiri.
Or a loaf of savory Italian bread.
Or good book by a campfire.
No worries, you’re not drinking that campfire or even that daiquiri.
Your final takeaway from Maddox & Rose Marketplace at 900 E. Main St. is a hand-poured candle — and it lasts quite a bit longer than a good drink.