Hola America News is expanding Q2030’s audience by translating successes of the Quad Cities’ regional action plan to Spanish. A Q2030 story about a Moline neighborhood association launched by the Quad Cities Big Table appeared in the latest edition of the bilingual newspaper. The Glen Oaks Neighborhood Association’s main goals are to make its pocket…read more

Q2030 Regional Action Plan staff and volunteer leaders recently partnered with Augustana College students in an urban and regional planning class to discuss ways to make the Quad Cities more welcoming and inclusive. Dr. Chris Strunk’s students created a vision and an asset map of about 150 organizations that work with diverse populations in the…read more

Community members and nonprofit organizations considering ways to make the Quad Cities region more cool, creative, connected and prosperous may now apply for a Q2030 Grant. The Quad Cities Community Foundation, in alignment with the Q2030 Regional Action Plan, awards grants of up to $2,500 on a monthly basis now through November for a variety…read more

A major goal of the Quad Cities’ Q2030 Regional Action Plan is to develop, attract and retain talent, and area colleges and universities definitely are doing their part. Successful alumni of seven local higher education institutions recently appeared on billboards throughout the Quad Cities as part of a campaign to promote the impact these schools…read more

Small groups and organizations looking to address diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace or elsewhere may want to tour the newest exhibit at the Putnam Museum in Davenport. “RACE: Are We So Different?” challenges racial stereotypes and debunks misconceptions by examining the history of race, the science of race and the recent experience of…read more

Community members are invited to host their own Big Table conversations April 26-27 and take action on issues that matter to them to make the Quad Cities better. An initiative of the Quad Cities’ Q2030 Regional Action Plan, the 2018 Big Table brought together more than 5,000 people over a 48-hour period and encouraged them…read more

In alignment with the Q2030 Regional Action Plan, the Putnam Museum is unveiling an exhibit Saturday, Jan. 26, called RACE: Are We So Different? Visitors will explore race through these three lenses: the history of race; the science of race; and the recent experience of race and racism in the U.S. Putnam President and CEO…read more

When the right people are at the table, a lot of good can come from a brief visit. Just ask Davenport-based community organizer Tracy White and Kent Pilcher, president and owner of Estes Construction. They first met during a meeting to promote the Quad Cities Big Table at Rock Island’s Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. White went…read more

A grassroots group of women launched a creative community development organization last year after meeting at a Happy Joe’s restaurant in Eldridge for the Quad Cities Big Table. “We hosted a Big Table and discussed how we could build a stronger sense of community and engage more with our neighbors,” said Jillian McCleary, co-founder of…read more

A Quad Cities Big Table discussion last spring led to the creation of a new neighborhood association in Moline. Friends Alvaro Macias and Geoff Manis organized a discussion at Macias’s home in Glen Oaks, an economically diverse neighborhood near John Deere Middle School, west of where Avenue of the Cities becomes 23rd Avenue. Sangria and…read more