ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 19, 2025) — This summer marks a major milestone: 25 years of the Metro Arts Youth Apprenticeship Program, one of Quad City Arts’ most impactful and beloved initiatives. Since its start in 2000, Metro Arts has empowered young creatives across the region with a powerful message: Art is work, and young artists are essential to the vitality and creative backbone of our communities.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 19, 2025) — Streamline Architects is proud to announce its upcoming move into a new office space rich with local history and architectural significance. Located on the historic site of John Deere’s original home and the former Moline Post Office, the building embodies Streamline’s commitment to honoring the past while shaping the future through thoughtful, community-focused design.

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND (June 19, 2025) — Dr Karen A Stout, who has led Achieving the Dream (ATD) through a period of steady growth, innovation, and influence in meeting the changing needs of the nation’s community colleges and other institutions that provide a foothold for poverty-impacted students, adult learners, and first-generation students in higher education, will step down as ATD’s president and CEO, effective June 30, 2026, the ATD Board of Directors announced today.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (June 19, 2025) — Visit Quad Cities is proud to announce that the Hemmings Great Race presented by Coker Tire will roll into John Deere Commons in downtown Moline on Sunday, June 22, 2025, as part of its cross-country journey. The world-renowned antique car rally will bring 120 vintage vehicles from around the globe, with the Moline stop beginning at 4:45PM and is open to the public.