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Posted on: April 25, 2023

Flood prep tips from the American Red Cross

Flooding on Mississippi brings debris downriver

The American Red Cross continues to monitor river levels across its Illinois Region area (from Princeton, Iowa to south of Hannibal, Missouri) and stands ready to provide needed services such as sheltering, feeding, mass care and health and mental health ...

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Moline News
Posted on: April 24, 2023

Annual hydrant flushing begins May 1

A yellow fire hydrants being flushed with water

Beginning Monday, May 1 the Moline Water Division will begin its annual spring hydrant flushing program. Hydrant flushing will happen between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays and the program is scheduled to last about four weeks.

This map gives approximate da...

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Moline News
Posted on: April 20, 2023

Moline wastewater treatment plant #1 in Illinois

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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 ...

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Moline News
Posted on: April 11, 2023

River to River trail work to start this summer

First two phases of River to River trail map

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...

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Moline News
Posted on: March 1, 2023

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

BOOST program pic

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...

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Moline News
Posted on: June 8, 2022

Form For the Future will redefine downtown

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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...

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Moline News
Posted on: December 14, 2022

Moline to become "Certified Gigabit City"

Fiber

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...

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Moline News
Posted on: December 1, 2022

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

BOOST program pic

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...

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Moline News
Posted on: November 3, 2022

Moline in strong financial shape heading into 2023

Budget Revenue graphic

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...

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Moline News
Posted on: September 23, 2022

Moline purchases BridgePointe campus for future redevelopment

BridgePointe 485 campus

Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati and City Administrator Bob Vitas held a press conference on Friday, September 23 to announce the acquisition, noting it will allow the City to consolidate more than 12 acres of prime property under City ownership for future develo...
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