COMING SOON: East Moline
What’s going in here? What’s happening over there? You ask - We find out!
What’s going in here? What’s happening over there? These are questions we all ask as we drive around town and Coming Soon Segment is about answering those questions.
Runner's Park Additions Downtown
Runner's Park on 15th Avenue in Downtown East Moline is undergoing some changes to its parking lot. Streamline Artisans are designing benches and tables to turn the place you park into a place to gather. Everything is expected to be installed in time for East Moline's Summer Concert Series - Sundays from 5-8pm starting May 29th.
Video Aired on March 31st, 2022:
Pedway Connection The Bend/The Rust Belt
Work is underway to connect the pedway that runs alongside the Mississippi River from The Bend to The Rust Belt. The City of East Moline, MetroLINK, and Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters are working together to make it happen, because Pregracke owns some property in the area between 3rd Street and 7th Street (Coming Soon... TBA!).
No word yet on when the pedway connection will be complete, but when all's said and done you will be able to walk, run, or bike all the way from Ben Butterworth Parkway in Moline to The Rust Belt in East Moline!
Video Aired on March 24th, 2022:
New East Moline Public Library Downtown
A project years in the making is months away from being done. The new East Moline Public Library is about 75% done. It's taking over the TBK Bank building, which donated it to the library when it built its new location 150 feet away.
The new library is double the size of the current one and will include a bunch of new features. The project is expected to cost more than $7 million.
Library Director Laura Long tells News 8 there isn't an exact date for when the new library will be open, but it will probably be mid-February. It's going to take some time to move everything over into the new space, so the current library is closing on Jan. 15.
*The old library has already been sold. News 8 has learned the Quad City Society of Model Engineers, a model railroad club, is going to use part of the space. They're currently located in the basement of Dr. Sanders' office in East Moline.
According to the building's new owner, Phil Day: "We have huge plans for the new layout that will be open to the public in the future." He adds that his daughter plans on using the other part of the library as a small event hall.
Video Aired on December 16th, 2021:
Olde Towne Bakery Expanding Downtown
Olde Towne Bakery Moline Illinois is EXPANDING to Downtown East Moline under the name Olde Towne Bakery Express. Those mouth-watering cookies, cakes and more are COMING SOON to 15th Avenue, near 9th Street - right next to D's Barber Shop.
The owner says this project has been a year in the making and a slow process due to the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues.
Olde Towne Bakery Express is expected to open in 2022.
Video Aired on November 18th, 2021:
Old Bar Gets New Life Downtown East Moline
The Old Palace Tavern is becoming... The Palace Tavern. This project in Downtown East Moline has been going on for awhile. We first reported back in March that the century-old bar is under new ownership after closing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The new Palace Tavern is going to have a beautiful outdoor area with a stage for live music. The goal was to open in June 2021, but because of delays in the supply chain of construction materials due to the pandemic, the opening date has now been pushed back to October 2021. Click the video above to see what it's going to look like via renderings shared with WQAD by Streamline Architects.
For more on The Palace Tavern, click here.
*NOW OPEN*
Video Aired on July 21st, 2021:
New Union Training Center Illinois 5
The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Apprentice and Training Program is going to put in a new Quad Cities campus for its union members. The center's going in near 4th Avenue and Illinois 5, east of FedEx Freight in East Moline.
The CRCC is building the $10 million dollar center. They held a groundbreaking in November of 2020. This is the second facility to be built in East Moline, and it will replace the first center just two miles to the west.
The center will have capacity for 800 apprentices. The idea for building this started about four years ago, and officials expect it won't be complete until June of 2022.
Video Aired on June 30th, 2021:
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