04 Jun 2008

The Staycation: Turning Residents Into Tourists

By Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor"Do we build attractions to lure tourists or create opportunities for the community's own enrichment?"

That's the question asked by one of the workshops for the recently announced Upper Mississippi River Conference to be held August 21 through 23 at the i wireless Center.

The answer is "both," and this may be the summer Quad Citians can do both - being a tourist by enjoying all our great attractions and by developing a deeper appreciation for our quality of life.

23 May 2008

Oral Arguments to the Iowa Supreme Court | Botsko v. Davenport Civil Rights Comm - 04/29/08

By Administrator

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21 May 2008

Remaking Rock Island: Armory Park and the Arts Could Revitalize the City's Core

By Jeff Ignatius

Reader issue #685 As it moves toward the biggest reinvention of the city since the creation of The District in 1992, Rock Island is also working to make itself Artist Central in the Quad Cities.

14 May 2008

Saved by Schindler: Leon Leyson, May 19 at the i wireless Center

By Administrator

Leon Leyson Many of the lighter moments in Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning film Schindler's List came when the industrialist Oskar Schindler protested to German officials that children and people with disabilities were essential to his wartime manufacturing effort.

Leon Leyson, who will speak Monday at the i wireless Center in Moline, was the youngest person in Schindler's factory, and one of roughly 1,200 Jews that he saved from the Nazi death camps.

27 Feb 2008

Bottled Up: It Makes Sense to Reform Iowa's Container-Deposit Law, But Change Has Its Pitfalls

By Administrator

Reader issue #673 When Governor Chet Culver in his January 15 "Condition of the State" address proposed reworking Iowa's container-deposit law - popularly known as the "Bottle Bill" - his core idea was strong.

09 Jan 2008

A Different Kind of Diversity: Davenport's 100 Homes Takes Unconventional Approach to Revitalization

By Administrator

Reader issue #666 Bruce Berger admits that "it's a little uncomfortable to talk about" the City of Davenport's new 100 Homes program.

"This isn't a program for low and moderate income," said Berger, Davenport's manager of housing and neighborhood development. "That's an odd thing for a city housing rehab program to do. Not that it's bad."

07 Nov 2007

"Promise"-Keeping: Developer of the Kalamazoo Initiative Cautions that a Promise Is No Quick Fix

By Administrator

To the backers of the Davenport Promise initiative, the developer of the model on which it is based has some words of caution:

The Promise is not a sure thing. It's not a silver bullet. And it needs to be part of a larger community-improvement push.

03 Jul 2007

In Thrall of Sprawl: City Planner Lectures July 9 at the Figge Art Museum

By Administrator

Jeff Speck Jeff Speck doesn't expect to be a popular person among government officials.

"It will be a little bit controversial," Speck said of his July 9 lecture at the Figge Art Museum. "I will attack your public-works department and your fire chief - never having met them."

16 May 2007

Encouraging Good Behavior: Proposed "Linked Deposit" Could Push Banks to Reinvest in the Community

By Administrator

The City of Davenport has more than $66 million in the bank. One committee within city government hopes to make that money work harder for the city as a whole by encouraging banks to reinvest more in the community.

09 May 2007

Bike Lanes Help Move Toward "Complete Streets"

By Administrator

Bike Lanes The week of May 12 through 18 is "Bike to Work Week," but if you're a casual cyclist, good luck.

The Quad Cities have a great trail system along both sides of the Mississippi River - which one day is expected to form a loop on each side of the river. Yet that system is geared more toward recreation than transportation - getting you from home to work. And very few drivers are good at sharing the road with bicyclists in a way that makes both feel safe.

Enter "complete streets."

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