Tag: Mercado on Fifth
Entries line up for Mercado’s Day of Dead Parade
Five months before the inaugural Día de los Muertos Parade is set to step off on Saturday, Oct. 22, Quad Citians already are lining...
Mercado to host ‘first of its kind’ Día de los Muertos Parade
Leaders of downtown Moline’s Mercado On Fifth say they are “excited” and “ecstatic” about the 1st Annual Día de los Muertos Parade which is...
Mercado on Fifth boosts local minority-owned businesses with new grants
A food vendor will receive money to buy an electric griddle. A boxing academy will purchase new treadmills. And a business that sells balloon...
Robert Ontiveros, ‘giant in Quad Cities community,’ dies at 83
Longtime businessman, philanthropist and “giant in the Quad Cities community” Robert “Bob” Ontiveros, 83, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Moline. His wife Blenda and...
Elevate Illinois aims to raise state’s image
As its inaugural year draws to a close, an organization launched in January to elevate downstate Illinois’ battered image is working to rewrite the...