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Moline looks at new strategy to recruit retailers

City leaders in Moline are moving forward with a strategy to accelerate shopping options on the Illinois side of the river. 11 months ago the city hired a consu...

City leaders in Moline are moving forward with a strategy to accelerate shopping options on the Illinois side of the river.

11 months ago the city hired a consulting group called, Retail Strategies to help develop a plan.  Tuesday night, those consultants met with local property owners, investors and real estate brokers. Their goal is to recruit new retailers to the city.

"The real estate brokers and the property owners and the investors are excited about the opportunity and now we have avenue for them to focus on how we can actually make things happen," said Moline's planning and development director, Ray Forsythe.

The city signed a three-year deal with Retail Strategies. The main focus right now is attracting more business to Southpark Mall and drawing retailers out to the new Sam's Club development on the city's southeast side.

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