Top 10 Highlights of 2022 in the Quad Cities

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The Quad Cities is a community that’s constantly improving, changing and moving toward the future. In 2022, we celebrated countless milestones and developments.

Here are the community’s most monumental highlights from 2022:

*Presented in no particular order

Backwater Gamblers water ski team reclaims championship title in the Central Regional Tournament, last won in 2013, and places 7^th in National Tournament
Mercado on Fifth presents first Dia de los Muertos Parade through downtown Moline in October
The Quad Cities region receives more than $34.8 million in grants that support tourism, invest in destination assets, and add overall value to the region:
*We end the 2022 calendar year with additional grant applications pending
- Arts Alley in Rock Island - $267,181
- Downtown revitalization in East Moline - $23.7 million
- MLK Park in Davenport - $218,840
- Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley - $233,000
- Riverfront and the Figge in Davenport - $9.6 million
- Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll - $194,796
- The Last Picture House in Davenport - $600,000
The City of Moline honors its 150^th birthday with a weeklong sesquicentennial celebration
TBK Bank Sports Complex announces and breaks ground on multimillion-dollar expansion to include three-story golf facility, fields for soccer and baseball, additional restaurants, shopping and more
The I-74 Bridge’s Pedestrian Pathway officially opens, connecting people between Bettendorf and Moline in a new way
Viking Cruises makes its maiden voyage to the Quad Cities
The QC Public Art Trail launches, via a partnership of Visit Quad Cities and Quad City Arts, guiding art lovers along a path of artworks available in and around the Quad Cities region
The TBK Bank Quad Cities Marathon turns 25; leaders celebrated this quarter-century milestone by unveiling a new logo and route for participants
Reimagined Union Station Destination Center opens in Davenport