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Alternating Currents reveals musical acts lineup for its 2026 Quad Cities festival

Alternating Currents — the four-day, multi-city summer festival — returns to the Quad Cities’ downtowns of Davenport, Rock Island and Bettendorf from Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 13-16.  Alternating Currents recently released the lineup of its first wave of musical artists…

Grow Clinton makes ‘great strides’ to help businesses

CLINTON, Iowa – This community is on a winning path. It’s getting more businesses, more…

QC Area REALTORS wins AARP Community Challenge grant

The Quad City Area REALTORS (QCAR) has been awarded a 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant…

home sales QCAR

Harold’s brings ‘energy’ to downtown Moline

“Everything we make here is made with love.” That’s the word from Josiah Blanton, the…

West End makes progress in participatory budgeting process

West End Revitalization’s participatory budgeting process has entered a new phase on its way to…

Figge hosts I-74 Bridge designer, author 

The Figge Art Museum will host Miguel Rosales, the principal designer of the new Interstate…

EICC leader prepares to retire, ‘let life happen’

There is a framed photograph on the desk of Liang Chee Wee, the interim chancellor…

HNI makes $1M pledge for U of I’s Tippie business facility expansion 

The HNI Charitable Foundation has pledged $1 million toward the creation of a new state-of-the-art…

Food Truck Fight returns to East Moline July 19

Food truck fanatics are getting ready for another fight. The annual Food Truck Fight will…

JDC swings into action July 2-6 at TPC Deere Run

Will the magic happen here again? And perhaps on a green – the color of…

IHDA advances $11.5M 30-unit Aledo Northside Lofts development

ALEDO, Illinois – With Illinois Housing Development Authority approval of nearly $2.5 million in funding…

Aledo Northside Lofts GROWTH

Muscatine to play host to Iowa Downtown Conference

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Nearly 200 enthusiasts, professionals and supporters of Iowa’s historic downtowns and neighborhood…

2025 Iowa Downtown Conference

Chicken restaurant Zaxbys wants to open in QC

Zaxbys, the Georgia-based quick-service restaurant franchise known for its Chicken Fingerz and other dishes, is…

Groups collaborate to host Veterans Experience Center

The Quad Cities Veterans Experience Action Center (QCVEAC) will be held Friday and Saturday, June…

AKWAABA QC honors volunteers who are breaking barriers

Yessenia Luna loves helping people facing some of the toughest times of their lives. “I…

QCBJ wins 2025 AABP Editorial Excellence Awards 

The Quad Cities Regional Business Journal captured three top journalism awards – including a Best…