14 Apr 2019

LeClaire, Iowa Vying for $25K Cash Prize in National Contest Recognizing America’s Main Streets

By Cindy Bruhn

LECLAIRE, IOWA (April 12, 2019) — On February 25, Independent We Stand, a national small-business movement, kicked-off its fourth-annual America’s Main Streets contest to help consumers, small-business owners, and Main-Street organizations reward a deserving Main Street with $25,000 in cash and sponsor-related prizes. LeClaire, Iowa is among this y

13 Feb 2019

Riverfront Report Ready for Public

By Kyle Carter

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 13, 2019) — The Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP) and Figge Art Museum, in cooperation with the City of Davenport, are hosting a joint public meeting to present a proposal that integrates public art concepts in to the design and development of the RiverVision plan and ongoing riverfront improvements. Produced in conjunction with RDG Dahlquist Art Studio, a division of RDG Planning & Design of Des Moines, the plan focuses on the riverfront portion known as Main

23 Jan 2019

Danielle Places Night to Honor Israel 2018 Prayers in Western Wall

By Allan Ross

photo by Noah Richardson

At each Night to Honor Israel fundraiser sponsored by the Quad Cities Association of Evangelicals, we collect prayers from the attendees that night to be placed in the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

13 Dec 2018

AAA: One-in-Three Americans Will Travel this Holiday Season, the Most on Record

By Nick Jarmusz

AAA forecasts that more than one-third of Americans will travel this holiday season. The record-breaking 112.5 million travelers taking to the nation’s runways, roads and rails for the year-end holidays represents a 4.4 percent increase over last year and the most since AAA has been tracking holiday travel.

13 Nov 2018

More Than 54 Million Americans to Travel this Thanksgiving, the Most Since 2005

By Nick Jarmusz

AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume in more than a dozen years (since 2005), with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways compared with last year.

31 Oct 2018

2018’s Best Winter Holiday Destinations – WalletHub Study

By Diana Polk

Ahead of a winter season with above-normal temperatures and more rain than snow, according to the latest forecast from the Old Farmers’ Almanac, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2018’s Best Winter Holiday Destinations report as well as accompanying videos to sup

23 May 2018

New Bicycles for Rent this Season

By Jessica Waytenick

Quad Cities – New bicycles have arrived for the start of the season for bike rentals the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau announces today.

The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau (QCCVB) is currently the only organization renting bicycles in the area.  The new TREK® bicycles are available to rent by the hour or the day at the QCCVB’s three downtown visitor centers in Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island.

11 Apr 2018

National Work Zone Awareness Week Launches in Illinois

By Rachel Bold

IDOT hosts kickoff event to construction season at Jane Byrne Interchange

CHICAGO (Apr. 10, 2018) — Governor Bruce Rauner joined state and federal transportation officials today to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week in Illinois. He’s urging drivers to slow down and give workers adequate space as construction season ramps up.

15 Mar 2018

Bicentennial launches new video commercial, statewide media

By Rachel Bold

CHICAGO (Mar. 14, 2018) — The Illinois Bicentennial Commission today released its first video commercial promoting the state’s 200th birthday. The :30 second spot is the center point of a statewide multimedia campaign named after the theme of the yearlong celebration: BORN, BUILT & GROWN in Illinois.

02 Mar 2018

Joe Taylor sets retirement date from Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau

By Charlotte Doehler-Morrison

Today the Board of Directors of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau announced that Joe Taylor, President & CEO, will retire from the bureau, effective December 31, 2018.

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