QCBJ Editorial's stories
Iowa City Community School District must protect our teachers
Avid readers of the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal (QCBJ) or frequent attendees of QCBJ events may know that my wife, Aspen Lohman, is co-owner of the Corridor Media Group Inc., which publishes the QCBJ and the Corridor Business Journal…
Editorial: Help QCBJ celebrate young leaders
The No. 1 priority for the Quad Cities is to retain and attract workers, especially…
Editorial: Proposed amendment bad business
Illinois union supporters and worker rights groups are aggressively pushing for an amendment to the…
Editorial: Childcare is everybody’s business
Everyone knows that the workforce is the primary challenge for nearly every business, especially businesses…
Editorial: Manufacturing matters to QC
The term manufacturing is such a commonplace part of our economic vernacular that its true…
Editorial: Davenport’s pivotal ranking
There are a lot of rankings from media and financial companies with dubious methodologies and…
Editorial: QC scores big development win
Sometimes economic development efforts can get too cutesy like when the Iowa City Area Chamber…
Editorial: Midwest vs. Mideast golf
It is nice to bring some attention back to the wholesomeness of Midwest golf with…
DeWitt welcomes new Fieldstone residential facility
DEWITT, Iowa – Fieldstone of DeWitt, a new residential community for people 55 and older,…
Editorial: Illinois exodus
The Quad Cities region works best when both Iowa and Illinois are seen as pro-business…
Editorial: A creative, calculated gamble by SouthPark Mall
In 2021, the New York Times reported that some 1,150 enclosed malls in America had…
Editorial: the Bison Bridge is an odd concept with real possibility
At first blush the Bison Bridge concept is strange. Very strange. Why would anyone put…
Editorial: Grow Clinton is the right approach
We were pleased to learn that Clinton consolidated its various economic development groups: the Clinton…
Editorial: Iowa Caucuses need Obama
We were disappointed that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) no longer guarantees that Iowa will…
Great start at WIU, WIU-QC
Just a little more than a year after taking the helm at Western Illinois University,…
Editorial: Cheers to new land bank team
Kudos to the leaders of Moline, Rock Island and East Moline who are working regionally…
