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The Courthouse Area Design Review Board will meet June 17 to consider a design application for 249 West Short Street in downtown Lexington’s historic district.

Transylvania University’s Center for Entrepreneurship hosted its inaugural summer camp for two dozen Fayette County high school students, providing hands-on experiential learning in entrepreneurship under the direction of award-winning entrepreneur Kaelyn Query Caldwell.

The Louisville Sports Commission elected new leadership and board members for the 2027 fiscal year, tapping Dr. Steve Hester of Norton Healthcare as board chairman and adding five new members and six returning directors.

Lexington construction firm Gray released a whitepaper documenting the growing adoption of design-build project delivery methods in industrial construction, finding the integrated approach enables better decision-making and project outcomes.

Airheads is offering a $50,000 grand prize through its “Imagine the ImPOOLsible” Sweepstakes, challenging social media users to create AI-generated dream pool designs for a chance to win funding to build them. The campaign runs through August 31 on TikTok and Meta.

EverPeak Insurance launched workers’ compensation coverage in Kentucky, expanding to 18 states and enabling brokers to write multi-state policies through the Attune platform for small and mid-sized businesses.

Clients will be able to access services through other partner programs.

LexTran will maintain regular weekday service on Juneteenth, June 19, with customer service windows open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., while Lexington hosts a full week of community celebrations.

Keeneland Race Course will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a 17-day Fall Meet from Oct. 2-24 featuring 22 stakes races worth $10.7 million, leading into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Oct. 30-31.

The Social Security Trust Fund faces depletion by 2034 unless Congress acts, raising concerns among Kentucky retirees who depend on the program for retirement income.