On Comfy Cow in downtown New Albany.

Ian "Exchange" Hall has been getting much well-deserved press for the Comfy Cow renovation and prospective opening later this year, and amid this crappiest of recent winters, other food & drink start-ups have moved forward: Bread and Breakfast, Muscle Monkey and Primo's spring (please, soon) to mind.

Entrepreneurs continue to invest ... and the streets still run one way, defeating efforts to enhance walkability between the residential areas we have and the attractions downtown.

As I see Lincoln Ogden's crew shaping the building this winter, I'm thinking back to March of 2013, when Steve Resch was conducting a sidewalk yard sale, cleaning out the detritus of ages ... including an increasingly rare, old-school "golden gate" beer keg.

By the way, how's New Albany's downtown indie economic development augmentation plan coming?

(pins drop ... crickets chirp ... somewhere, an industrial park occupant is fluffed)

First Comfy Cow franchise location to open this spring in New Albany, by Jenna Esarey (CJ)

 ... “I’ve heard people say New Albany is going to be the next Bardstown Road,” Hall said. “No it’s not. It’s going to be a whole lot cooler.”