Background

East Moline is a community of over 21,000 people located in the center of the bi-state region known as the Quad Cities metropolitan area. The metropolitan region’s population is almost 400,000 and consists of two states, five counties and 47 municipalities located at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and the Mississippi River. East Moline is within a 300-mile radius of 41 million people with close access to major markets: Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Louis, Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City and Indianapolis.