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Quad City Arts' Festival of Trees is more than 20 years old and includes a Macy-style helium balloon parade. Knoxville, Tennessee, USA area 120,000 square feet (11,000 m 2) first held in 1986. Though named differently as Fantasy of Trees it is in the same line of annual event and benefits East Tennessee Children's Hospital.
The Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center is a convention center located in Bettendorf, Iowa, United States. The name for the facility in the development stages was the Bettendorf Events Center. A ground breaking ceremony for the center was held on October 6, 2006. [ 2 ]
The Quad Cities is a region of cities ... bassist for the Neon Trees, Davenport; ... Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, and River Roots Live. The Quad Cities' three ...
The Sergeant John F. Baker Jr. Bridge, [2] also known as the Baker Bridge or Interstate 280 Bridge, carries Interstate 280 (I-280) across the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois.
Greater Quad Cities, IA–IL is a nickname for the Davenport–Moline, IA–IL Combined Statistical Area, [1] an area that is made up of four counties in Iowa and three in Illinois. The statistical area includes one metropolitan areas and two micropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the CSA had a population of 471,551 (though a March 2017 ...
Quad City Botanical Center (2011) The Quad City Botanical Center is a set of botanical gardens located next to the Mississippi River at 2525 4th Avenue, Rock Island, Illinois. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The center opened on June 20, 1998. Its gardens include:
Black Earth, Big River is an exploration of the past and present habitats of the Quad-Cities region. The exhibit features a 718-gallon aquarium [15] filled with river fish, a walk-through cave, and a huge oak tree. Habitats and wildlife are explained throughout the exhibit, along with stories and taxidermy wildlife of the region.
The Quad Cities again celebrated the 150th anniversary of the bridge completion from Thursday September 14 to Sunday September 17 2006 in a festival that included "steam locomotive excursions, riverboat rides, canoe and kayak races, a story-telling festival and a unique 'ghost bridge' display". [32]