Church wants to build on wooded land, but code says otherwise
Davenport zoning code, city staff, and Plan and Zoning Commission members say otherwise.
“It’s changing people’s lives,” said Rock Church Ministries member and project architect Joshua Arguello, of Davenport. “Our church is doing amazing things with that little building. And for us to be able to have a facility that will be operational seven days a week and not just on Sunday mornings, we know that we are going to grow and we know that it will instill a value in the community around it.”
Davenport City Council will meet Wednesday to consider a request from Rock Church Ministries to rezone a 3.53-acre wooded lot south of the Davenport public works facility off East 46th Street and north of Davenport Memorial Park cemetery from open space to single-family residential in order to build the church.
TOM BARTON
Why Davenport s lone Black alderman announced his abrupt resignation with 10 months left in his first term remains unclear.
Alderman Patrick Peacock, Ward 7, on Thursday attempted to clarify comments made just hours before, after announcing his pending departure from the Davenport City Council, criticizing his colleagues and city staff for being tone deaf when it comes to addressing racial inequality and discrimination in the city.
Peacock announced Wednesday at Davenport City Council s Committee of the Whole meeting that he will step down from the position in April after serving just over a year in the role.
Asked why he decided to step down, Peacock initially cited a multitude of personal reasons, without elaborating. But while talking with a Black Davenport resident in the hallway following Wednesday s meeting, after the resident accused city officials of ignoring his complaints about mistreatment and harassment along with other residents of The He