14 Jun 2005

Public Invited to Provide Feedback on Fair-Housing Issues

By Joe Collins
• The cities of Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island are in the process of developing a joint Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, a requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for all Community Development Block Grant entitlement communities.
07 Jun 2005

Blue Grass Fire Department to Build New Station

By Joe Collins
• The Blue Grass Fire Department is among the busiest all-volunteer units in Scott County. Last year, Blue Grass firefighters answered a record 247 calls for service. They've already answered 114 calls through April of this year.
07 Jun 2005

BRAC Attack

By Jeff Ignatius
In 1995, community backers of a military base in a very arid part of the country offered to take drastic measures to satisfy the U.S. military, which had difficulty getting the water it needed and as a result wanted to shift some functions to different military bases.
31 May 2005

Family Museum to Plant Sculptured "QC Tree"

By Administrator
• The Family Museum's award-winning Street Heat program began a new project last month by enlisting the help of six students from Davenport's Lydia House and the surrounding neighborhood. Participants will sculpt a "QC Tree" that is scheduled for "planting" on June 13 in the Hilltop Association Park on Harrison Street in Davenport.
31 May 2005

How Birth Control Became Part of the Abortion Debate

By Jeff Ignatius
Judith DeSarno does not want to be part of the never-ending abortion debate. "I'm the birth-control gal," said DeSarno, president of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association in Washington, D.
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.
24 May 2005

Brochure Featuring Iowa Wineries and Brewery Released

By Joe Collins
• The Iowa Wine & Beer Promotion Board has released a new brochure featuring 27 Iowa wineries and one brewery. Detailed maps show the locations of the facilities and the hours during which visitors can tour and taste fine beverages crafted in Iowa.
17 May 2005

New Visitors Center Opens in the Quad Cities

By Joe Collins
• The Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced that it has opened a new visitors center in the Village of East Davenport. The new center is located in the Little Stone House at 2208 East 11th Street.
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

Ballet Quad Cities Receives Grant for Anne Frank Ballet

By Joe Collins
• The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has donated $6,000 to Ballet Quad Cities in conjunction with the world premiere of From the Pages of a Young Girl's Life: The Anne Frank Ballet. The funding allows educational tools to be made available to area children for this educational experience that brings a period of history to life.

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