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Dave Herrell, president and CEO of Visit Quad Cities; Clay Merritt, assistant public works director for Davenport; and Davenport Mayor Mike Matson discuss a $9.6 million Destination Iowa grant awarded to the city for riverfront projects on Friday, Dec. 2.

Davenport gets $9.6M grant for ‘spectacular’ riverfront projects

Davenport Mayor Mike Matson says he remembers as a younger man when the city’s riverfront was not a great place to visit. “Years ago, there was a dump burning downtown,” he said. The dump fire is long gone, and the…