QCR Holdings, Inc. Announces Plans to Acquire Guaranty Bank and Trust Company from Guaranty Bankshares, Ltd. // Q-C Times owner to purchase The Dispatch-Argus // First Illinois CU voted to merge with Vibrant CU / Two Quad Cities Engineering Powerhouses Merge // Pat Eikenberry named IMEG Vice President of Civil Engineering US...
Thousands of Quad Citizens will gather for Red White and Boom on Monday, July 3 to celebrate America’s Birthday. The unique bi-city, bi-state event features the region’s largest fireworks display on the Mississippi River....
Greg Aguilar, Director of Talent Attraction and Retention sits down with WHBF to talk about the collaboration between the Chamber, businesses and educational institutions working to attract talent to the Quad Cities. Over 200 interns are registered for this summer’s program, watch the video segment to learn more....
Things are about to look a little more Vibrant in Danville, IL as First Illinois Credit Union passed a vote to merge into Vibrant Credit Union....
Employees who need to complete 30-Hour OSHA training can do it just one day a week during July at Black Hawk College. An OSHA 30-Hour for General Industry course begins July 7 at the Quad-Cities Campus in Moline. This is a comprehensive safety program for anyone involved in general industry, especially safety directors, foremen, field supervisors and risk managers. It provides in-depth...
Did you know the Quad Cities Chamber, in partnership with Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, offers two sets of market research databases that can help your business grow?...
Quad City Arts will take over a several blocks of downtown Davenport this summer for its first ever Chalk Art FEST, part of downtown Davenport’s Alternating Currents Festival. Inspired by SXSW, Alternating Currents will feature a variety of live bands, comedians, film screenings and other art forms throughout downtown Davenport over the 2-day event....
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that it will halt work on all projects on June 30 due to lack of funding. Because no budget has been passed, the IDOT is not able to continue funding ongoing projects. Projects which are state-lead such as John Deere Road and the rail upgrade portion of passenger rail will come to a halt unless a budget of some sort that provides funding...
The Quad Cities Chamber is being recognized among the top 10 Chambers of its size in the nation for member retention. The Membership Achievement Awards are based on information voluntarily entered in Dynamic Chamber Benchmarking, in the Fiscal Year 2016 Operations Survey....
From interns to residents and young professionals, the Quad Cities Chamber, through our divisions Moline Centre, Young Professionals of the Quad Cities (YPQC) and Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP), is playing a key role in making our region a place where talent wants to land. Last Thursday we hosted three concurrent events that drew well over 1,000 people to enjoy quality of life amenities...
The upcoming Quad Cities Chamber Annual Meeting will focus on talent development and attraction, and with that we recently surveyed YP’s on what they value in a workplace culture. Here’s what we found out:...
Staff and volunteers of Family Resources will be collecting brand new basic need items outside of 13 area Hy-Vee stores from 9 a.m.-Noon on Saturday, June 24, 2017. All items collected will benefit Family Resources’ sheltering and housing services....
Chad Pregracke’s Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) needs your help this summer at their MillionTrees Project nursery!...
The Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub, an initiative of the Quad Cities Chamber, is currently seeking businesses wanting to learn how to take advantage of growth opportunities in global markets through the ExporTech™ export training program. Valued at $6,000, the training will be provided at no cost as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment (DIA) Program, of which the Hub is a...
As the home of the Rock Island Arsenal, businesses in the Quad Cities region are a vital part of the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain that connects suppliers with customers. Supply chain is crucial: from multinational original equipment manufacturers to sub-contractors providing individual pieces, every part in the chain plays an important role....
