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City once again awarded for outstanding budget process

or a second year in a row, Moline’s Finance Department is the winner of a national Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. 

The award was officially presented to members of the Finance Department ...

Residents reminded fireworks remain illegal in Moline

Pop quiz:

What scares pets, disturbs veterans and sent more than 100 Illinoisans to emergency rooms last summer?

Illegal home fireworks.

“Home fireworks use around the 4th of July holiday are a dangerous tradition that leads to injuries that are pr...

I-74 demo work will close river traffic, bridge on June 18

Moline wastewater treatment plant #1 in Illinois

The Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators at its 2023 conference in Peoria earlier this month recognized Moline’s North Slope Wastewater Treatment Plant as the best-operated treatment plant in the state.

The North Slope plant ...

River to River trail work to start this summer

A project first conceived back in 2007 to connect Moline’s riverfront section of the American Discovery Trail to the bike and pedestrian path along the Rock River to the south will finally see construction later this summer.  

Called the...

B.O.O.S.T. Program workshops are open for registration

Since it launched earlier this year, Moline’s new Business Owner Occupied Stabilization Transformation, or B.O.O.S.T. program, has signed up more than 50 prospective entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Later this month, the first of a series...

Form For the Future will redefine downtown

Moline Centre belongs to each of us, and we all have a stake in its future. The investments and design decisions we make today can create a built environment where future generations live, work and choose to spend their free time. 

The Form for th...

Moline to become "Certified Gigabit City"

Metronet and the City of Moline are pleased to announce that Metronet will construct a 100 percent fiber optic network that will deliver multi-gigabit speed internet service directly to the homes and businesses of the City of Moline. Metronet will fully-f...

Moline seeks to B.O.O.S.T local economy

While the crisis mode of the COVID 19 pandemic has thankfully ended, the negative economic fallout is still a challenge for Moline and the local economy as a whole. City leaders here are launching a new program, funded with $1.1 million in federal America...

Moline in strong financial shape heading into 2023

Despite rising inflation and growing economic uncertainty on a national scale, Moline leaders say the City’s finances are in a strong financial position and the 2023 budget – scheduled for adoption on Nov. 29 – is well positi...

Moline purchases BridgePointe campus for future redevelopment