LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As some downtown businesses move to new locations, citing violent crime’s impact, one longtime Louisville business is re-opening its doors in the heart of the Metro.
“Jerry Green and Friends” has operated in, now, three separate Louisville locations for 27 years.
Entertainer and owner, Jerry Green, said his business closed its Breckinridge in July 2021, citing the Covid-19 pandemic’s squeeze on the hospitality industry.
“It’s just like any other business,” Green said. “We all had issues with what was going on in the city, but we managed to live through it.”
However, many other downtown businesses did not survive the pandemic.
According to Louisville Downtown Partnership, in 2020 the Downtown Louisville saw the most business closures across the city since 2003.
In 2021, it found 17 businesses has closed their doors for a number of reasons, including the pandemic, civil unrest in the wake of Breonna…
