QCBJ Editorial
United Way QC awards $2M in grants to 53 local nonprofits
United Way Quad Cities (UWQC) announced it has awarded $2 million in grants to 53 local nonprofit organizations. These investments aim to improve lives...
Doubling down on Muscatine
It’s not often that the grand opening of a refurbished historic building outside of Des Moines attracts the attendance of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds;...
Prison education program deserves credit
Congratulations to Augustana College and its continuation of the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP), which for the first time graduated three students who are...
Preserve ‘the Rock’
The Quad Cities experienced some economic anxiety over the past couple years when John Deere laid off many hundreds of workers due to the...
St. Ambrose’s merger with Mount Mercy advances
The idea of merging two businesses is often based on achieving more growth, reducing costs, increasing market share and diversifying operations. And, ideally the...
Replace Centennial Bridge
The Quad Cities is all about bridges: the new, magnificent Interstate 74 bridge; the ill-fated Bison Bridge concept; the lighting of the I-74 bridge;...
Leveraging the river
Up and down the Mississippi River, the Quad Cities region has been making incremental strides in better utilizing the beloved river from Renew Moline...
Aligning higher education with workforce
“How can higher education be responsive to the region’s education, training, and economic needs?”
It is a compelling question, but one that isn’t always being...
Now or never
Everyone knows that Chicago dominates the political climate in Illinois. That puts downstate priorities, which often don’t align with Chicago’s, at a disadvantage.
But sometimes...
Mindrup has a plan for WIU
Leading an institution of higher education is no easy task, particularly if it is smaller and has a limited or nonexistent endowment.
You have to...