Jennifer DeWitt's stories

CMT expands across the river with Davenport office

CMT, a civil engineering firm known for its infrastructure guidance and helping municipalities prepare for future growth, is doing some growing of its own. CMT – for Crawford, Murphy & Tilly – celebrated the opening of its second Quad Cities…

Shuttered Regal theater to reopen as VIP Moline 14

Nearly a year after the Illinois Quad Cities’ last cinema was closed, another movie theater…

Regal

Rafferty swings into new service role as JDC chair

In his profession as a funeral director, Kevin Rafferty is accustomed to being the one…

JDC Kevin Rafferty volunteer chair

USO, John Deere join forces to expand support of military 

As the nation marked its independence Thursday, July 4, John Deere and the USO celebrated…

A rebranded Gilda’s Club QC expands across Iowa

Gilda’s Club Quad Cities is expanding its cancer support services across Iowa and adopting a…

Deere economics leader headlines QCBJ Mid-Year Economic Review

Kanlaya Barr, John Deere’s director of corporate economics, will be the keynote speaker at the…

QC Air Show returns to the skies June 22-23

The Quad City Air Show will mark its 33rd year in style with the back-to-back…

Dry Goods expanding with five new retail stores in 2024

Dry Goods, a contemporary fashion retailer owned by Von Maur, is continuing its national expansion…

Vermeer’s self-propelled baler is Coolest Thing Made in Iowa 

The coolest of the cool products manufactured in the Hawkeye State is an innovative piece…

Von Maur invests in 5-year, $100M in-store renovation plan 

Von Maur Department Stores shoppers are already accustomed to the ambience that the upscale retailer…

USA Today Readers Choice 10BEST list von Maur

QC Cultural Trust unveils plan to elevate arts, culture

After quietly working behind the scenes to improve the vitality of the regional arts and…

Deere reports $2.370 billion in 2Q net income 

Deere & Co. again lowered its full-year outlook for net income as demand for its…

Project NOW hosts exhibit Evicted

“One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight.”  In the time it took a crowd…

Project NOW Evicted

Floatzilla action expanding with new expo, live bands and more 

Floatzilla organizers are planning to expand the fun on the water – and on land…

QCBJ honors Women of Influence with new awards

The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal is proud to present our first-ever Women of Influence…

Team player, worker bee prefers to ‘lead by example’

Dr. Susan Rector shies away from the word “leader” in describing herself, and rather prefers…