MOLINE â For at least six months, officials in Moline have been pursuing the possibility of bringing a University of Illinois school of engineering to riverfront land that will become available as the old I-74 bridge is demolished.
The city already has a college of engineering just a mile away â at Western Illinois University s Quad-Cities riverfront campus. But Mayor Stephanie Acri recently accused WIU officials of broken promises, including low enrollment numbers that have hurt Moline s economy.
Early last month, Acri said she spoke with Guiyou Huang, the new president of WIU and, I informed the president that Moline could not afford any more time to wait.
Candidates running for Moline Mayor take part in forum on Zoom
The two mayoral candidates vying to serve the City of Moline will take part in a forum on Thursday, March 11.
Credit: Stephanie Acri and Sangeetha Rayapati Author: Katrina Lamansky Updated: 8:02 PM CST March 11, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. The two mayoral candidates vying to serve the City of Moline participated in a forum on Thursday, March 11.
Mayoral candidates Sangeetha Rayapati and incumbent Stephanie Acri took part in the forum moderated by the Greater Quad Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Aldermanic candidates also were part of the forum. Candidates running to represent the 2nd, 4th and 6th wards as well as the candidates for Alderman At Large were included.
Moline Public Works director to retire in April
Director JD Schulte is bringing his service to the City of Moline to an end after 30 years. Author: Connor Day Updated: 10:12 PM CST February 25, 2021
A long-working City of Moline official is leaving his position after 30 years of service.
The City announced in a press release that Director of Public Works JD Schulte will be retiring in early April.
In a farewell letter, Schulte thanked, …the amazing staff in Public Works for their never-ending quest to swing for the bleachers. Schulte commended other members of the City of Moline that have worked so wonderfully with our team of the years as we worked on our mission as stewards of the public trust.
Originally published on February 22, 2021 8:51 am
Community leaders in the Quad Cities are worried about Western Illinois University and its future plans for the campus in Moline.
Mayor Stephanie Acri says she s learned from meetings with university leaders of their ambitious plans to raise enrollment, but she thinks those plans are focused on the main campus in Macomb. When I look at the strategy I see some components of some kind of feeder courses for finishing at Macomb and then some adult courses, but that s not our vision, that s not our vision for that campus.
When the Quad Cities campus expanded into new buildings on the Moline riverfront, she was led to expect an enrollment goal of 3,000, but that hasn t happened.
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