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Coal Valley shoppers ready to welcome Fareway next year
Coal Valley residents are looking forward to shopping at this community’s new full-service Fareway Store as soon as fall of 2026 following a ground-breaking ceremony last month for the 17,000-square-foot grocery. The Fareway to be located on the southeast corner…
Channel Cat gets $1.85M to add taxi stop at East Moline’s Bend
The Channel Cat Water Taxi will again be stopping in East Moline thanks to a…
Rumler lauded as he prepares to exit chamber post
As Paul Rumler’s tenure as president and CEO of the Quad Cities Chamber winds down,…
QCBJ Q&A: Doug House
It’s a measure of Doug House’s influence that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced his retirement…
Deere’s 1st quarter earnings dip, still ‘impressive’
Despite a five-week UAW strike, a global pandemic, and persistent supply chain challenges driving earnings…
I-74 redevelopment rare opportunity, patience needed
After a slow start, a grand vision is coming into focus for redeveloping the large…
Pritzker touts surplus, tax relief in Quad Cities stop
ROCK ISLAND – Gov. J.B. Pritzker is touting Illinois’ $1.7 billion budget surplus, the first…
Pritzker to lift mask mandate, but not for schools
When Illinoisans go to work, shop or dine out at the end of the month,…
‘Fabulous’, ‘unique’ Aledo workforce housing moving forward
ALEDO, Ill. — Plans for 30 “fabulous” and “unique” workforce apartments at the old junior…
QCBJ Q&A: Amy Novak
In her first full semester as leader of St. Ambrose University, President Amy Novak has…
Rumler will leave Quad Cities Chamber for new post
By Kenda Burrows and Jennifer DeWitt Quad Cities Chamber President and CEO Paul Rumler, under…
New Constellation Energy includes Quad Cities nuclear plant
Constellation Energy became a standalone publicly traded company Wednesday after completing its split from Exelon…
Quad Cities hopes to keep I-74 bridge momentum going
In the afterglow of the Interstate 74 Bridge celebration, Quad Cities leaders are already looking…
We asked for ‘big ideas’; QC leaders delivered
When the QCBJ asked business and community leaders to weigh in on the future of…
Mercer County celebrates history, plans for bright future
The Mercer County Board is calling on residents from every corner of this southwestern Quad…
Brandt, Quad Cities economic development pioneer, dies at age 90
Helen Brandt, 90, a longtime community advocate, pioneering economic development leader, and catalyst for change…