“We are the best kids.” Two Quad Cities non-profits will receive $100,000 from the Davenport City Council after this memorable moment at the December 3rd meeting. Two students spoke up for Project Renewal, an after-school program that has served thousands of kids in its 50-year history. Thank you to Braelynn (4th grade) and Cameron (7th grade) for advocating for your friends and teachers and for participating in your local government! | City of Davenport Government

MISSISSIPPI HOTEL — Davenport, Iowa, 1931. Restoration Time New Neon One of downtown’s last great Art Deco hotels. She opened her doors on November 24th, 1931 with 200 rooms, 50 apartments, and a movie palace attached — the old RKO Orpheum, now the Adler Theatre. She saw the Depression… the riverboats… big-band nights… and the slow fade of the downtown hotel era. By the early ’80s the hotel closed, but the building survived — reborn as the Mississippi Lofts, with the theatre still lighting up th