11 Jul 2006

Note to Self: Why Is the Business Community Threatening Itself About Regional Economic Development?

By Administrator

589 cover Last month, a group of 27 business leaders from the Quad Cities sent a letter to the chairpersons of the area's four largest economic-development entities. That, in itself, is noteworthy, but the letter is full of curious features:

04 Jul 2006

Hardware Wars: Why Would Rock Island Give Incentives to Compete with Its Existing Businesses?

By Jeff Ignatius

Mike and Mark Creger of M and M Hardware Mike Creger, at the front counter of M&M Hardware in Rock Island, warned a customer this past Friday: "I need big bucks from you."

The total: $2.73.

20 Jun 2006

Italian Brothers Return to the Quad Cities for Feature Film

By Administrator

The Avati Brothers The Quad City Development Group announced last week that a feature film by the Italian brothers Antonio and Pupi Avati will be partially shot in the Quad Cities this year, with an expected local impact of several hundred thousand dollars.

15 Jun 2006

Corps Issues Rhythm City Permit

By Administrator

On Thursday,  June 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release:

"Rhythm City Casino Permit

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in coordination with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region VII; the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service; the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; the State Historical Society of Iowa; and the city of Davenport, has issued a permit to relocate the Rhythm City Casino riverboat to an area upstream of their current location on the Mississippi River in Davenport., Iowa.

 

06 Jun 2006

I-74 Bridge Comes to Critical Juncture

By Administrator

Issue 584 cover Last month, the public got a peek at four finalists for the design of the Interstate 74 bridge over the Mississippi River, and it was an important milestone. For the first time, people could actually visualize what the new bridge might look like, eight years after it first became one the area's top transportation priorities.

 

10 May 2006

Hospital Smoking Bans a Sign of Things to Come

By Jesse Virgil
The smoking bans put in place last week at Genesis and Trinity hospitals are the first signs of what is almost certainly an inevitable end: smoking being forbidden in all enclosed public spaces in the Quad Cities.


18 Apr 2006

Davenport Marketing Can't Overcome City's Deficiencies

By Administrator
I'd like to write a column about how Davenport is marketing itself. But any discussion about the marketing of Davenport needs to be preceded by a discussion of what's being marketed. That's because we have to fix any company's (or city's) infrastructure if we expect the masses to flock to it as a result of marketing.
11 Apr 2006

Civic Participation Needed to Save Davenport From Serious Damage

By William D. Ashton
Editor's note: Below is a letter from Davenport's own Bill Ashton of Ashton Engineering, detailing his concerns, relative to flooding, with the Isle of Capri's (IOC's) proposal for building a casino hotel on downtown Davenport's riverfront.
04 Apr 2006

United Way Charts Course Following Teen Survey

By Jesse Virgil
The United Way is taking two approaches to improving teenagers' chances of success in adulthood following a survey that found that 91 percent of Quad Cities teens lack sufficient "developmental assets." But some teens are skeptical of both the survey and its findings.
28 Feb 2006

Davenport Schools Form Committee to Push for Legislative Changes

By Jesse Virgil
More money for local schools, as well as more freedom in terms of spending levels, are the top priorities of a new committee in Davenport. The Legislative Advocacy Committee was formed by the Davenport Community School District Board in February to work with local legislators and community members on those issues.

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