Hilltop CDC seeks to ‘imagine what’s possible’

By: Kenda Burrows|February 15, 2026

|8 min read

Kavanaugh’s Hilltop Bar & Grill, 1228 30th St., has been a staple of Rock Island’s Hilltop and Augustana College Hill neighborhoods since 1952. CREDIT TODD WELVAERT

Under inaugural Executive Director Jerry Lack, the Augustana Hilltop Community Development Corporation has been busy laying the groundwork to grow, reenergize and rebrand that historic neighborhood.

Augustana Hilltop Community Development Corporation CDC

The CDC is a collaborative effort launched last April by

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Hilltop CDC seeks to ‘imagine what’s possible’

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