31 May 2005

Blueprint 2010

By Jeff Ignatius
When the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce unveiled the findings of its Blueprint 2010 study last week, they had a familiar ring. The Quad Cities area doesn't have enough young professionals, the study found, there's a pervasive pessimism among residents, and the community doesn't market itself effectively to the outside world, particularly to businesses looking to re-locate.
17 May 2005

Doctor Dash

By Jeff Ignatius
The Genesis Illini Medical Center in Silvis has lost 25 physicians in the past 24 months. That's roughly 10 percent of the hospital's doctors. These aren't the losses that one would expect, such as planned retirements.
10 May 2005

The Enigma

By Jeff Ignatius
Lyle Lovett put the bottle of water to his lips. He drank, and he drank, and he drank. The audience started to titter, although I'm sure some people wondered when he would come up for air. He continued sucking down the water.
03 May 2005

The House That Kids Built

By Joel Knutsen
After being suspended and kicked out of Rock Island High School for not attending class almost 90 percent of the time a year and a half ago, Adam Anderson decided it was time to do something with his life. Soon after, he joined Rock Island Youthbuild and began attending classes at the Black Hawk Learning Center.
19 Apr 2005

A Celebration of Struggle, Women, and the Arts

By Jeff Ignatius
Mallarie Zimmer was raised in Arkansas, not far from Memphis, and watched her artist mother try to find balance in her life. "I grew up watching her struggle juggling her career, her family, and her creativity," Zimmer said.
12 Apr 2005

Landmark Loggerhead

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1985, Chris Larson purchased the Lincoln school building at 2125 Seventh Avenue in Rock Island. "I bought the school just to keep it from being demolished," Larson said. "I had absolutely no use for it at that time.
22 Mar 2005

Jon Stewart for President

By Paul Matthews
There are no exact directions. There are probably no directions at all. The only things that I am able to recommend at this moment are a sense of humor; an ability to see the ridiculous and the absurd dimensions of things; an ability to laugh about others as well as about ourselves; a sense of irony and of everything that invites parody in this world.
07 Mar 2005

Patient Money

By Jeff Ignatius
When it opened for business in fall 2000, the 203-acre Eastern Iowa Industrial Center was meant as a catalyst for economic growth - able to attract large-scale industrial companies who had in the past not even considered the Quad Cities.
07 Mar 2005

NewVentures Center Open for Business

By Jeff Ignatius
While DavenportOne is a partner in the old-school Eastern Iowa Industrial Center, trying to lure large industrial businesses to create high-paying jobs in volume, it's also working at the new-economy end of the spectrum, trying to help startup businesses in high-tech fields get from the idea stage to market.
01 Mar 2005

World Premiere Highlights Symphony's March Concert

By Administrator
Amidst the Symphony in Bloom activities taking place this weekend, the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) is also offering the world premiere of British composer Andrew Carter's "Three Nonsensical Songs." This piece was commissioned in honor of Ezra Mozart Hartman as a memorial gift from Karen Hartman Getz, Tom Getz, and the Moline Foundation.

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