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Visit QC celebrates 35 years, seeks even brighter future

Visit Quad Cities marked its 35th anniversary at its Destination QC! annual meeting Thursday, Nov. 13,  by thanking Quad Citizens who helped make a collective half a billion dollar impact on the local economy. Visit QC President & CEO Dave…

Moline seeks world-class plan to remake billion-dollar front porch

Moline is knee-deep in the effort to create a world-class plan to help the city seize…

Deere planting seeds of global change via technology

John Deere leapt onto the tech world’s biggest stage last year, unveiling its groundbreaking self-driving…

Giving way of life for QCBJ 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes leaders

“Take risks,” “give back to your community,” “choose growth over fear,” and “wear pink lipstick,”…

Moline mayor: City on the path for ‘great coming into its own’ 

Prosperity and partnerships were the theme of Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati’s State of the City…

Nate Clark, Sarah Stevens named 2023 Male, Female Champions of Change

A woman who empowers other women to share their stories and helps provide healthcare for…

Aldermen grant historic RI Fire Station 5 temporary reprieve

A historic century-old Rock Island firehouse classified by city officials as blighted and targeted for…

Deere CEO May touts ‘good year,’ predicts better days ahead

Deere & Co. CEO John May celebrated “another good year in 2022” and predicted “John…

layoffs Deere & Co. earnings

Trinity BirthPlace celebrates record number of births

UnityPoint Health – Trinity BirthPlace Bettendorf has marked a new milestone with the birth of…

Deere stock rises on heels of higher than expected 1st quarter earnings

John Deere’s stock was soaring even before markets opened today, Feb. 17, after the agricultural,…

John Deere

QC Chamber, Rock Island make downtown placemaking pact official

Rock Island aldermen on Monday, Feb. 13, officially launched the city’s new partnership with the…

$15M waste transfer station advances for empty Moline industrial park

Moline leaders are working through the lengthy process required to welcome a waste and material…

QC leaders laud Pritzker’s $40M megasite development grants

Quad Cities leaders are embracing the potential of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new $40 million…

Iowa property tax rollback plan threatens CASI’s Jane’s Place

As CASI kicked off its yearlong Golden Anniversary on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Center…

TPC Deere Run ranks third in Illinois’ 25 best golf course competition

TPC Deere Run has been selected the third best golf course in Illinois in the…

As GROWTH turns 41, get ready for more ‘miracles’

After four decades of putting roofs over Quad Citians’ heads, paychecks in their pockets and…