Editing Moline, Illinois (section)

===Present===
[[File:Konebuilding.JPG|thumb|The new [[Kone]] Building in Downtown Moline, Illinois]]
Since the late 2000s to the early 2010s, Moline has seen growth in its downtown area. The current projects include a new nine-story building for [[Kone]] Elevator's American Headquarters (formerly Montgomery Elevator) and its nearly 250 [[Quad Cities]]' area employees. The building opened in August 2012, and also has a combination of active and passive energy strategies includes an array of 1365 distributed solar panels, which is now the third largest in the state of Illinois. Other projects include new lofts that opened up in 2011, and the I-74 Corridor Project is planned to build 3 auxiliary lanes from Avenue of the Cities passed 53rd Street in Davenport, with a new [[I-74 Bridge]] spanning 4 lanes in each direction, also an observation deck overlooking the [[Mississippi River]].<ref>[http://www.iowadot.gov/i74corridor/default.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203053440/http://www.iowadot.gov/i74corridor/default.htm|date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> The new I-74 bridge was completed with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 1, 2021.  In 2012, [[Western Illinois University-Quad Cities]] opened the new river front campus, an $18.2 million first phase of the project has 60,000 square feet, making it the only college campus along the [[Mississippi River]]. It includes 14 classrooms and four meeting/conference rooms.    Western Illinois University-Quad Cities continued to grow its presence and list of educational opportunities they provide with the completion of Phase II in 2014. The $38 million, five interconnected buildings doubled the size of available facilities at WIU-Quad Cities.  The campus addition houses academic programs and services from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Services, and Fine Arts and Communication, and also includes the other programs and services from the former WIU-QC 60th Street campus, including the library, WQPT-Quad Cities public television and classes offered through the Quad Cities Graduate Study Center.

More projects are being planned, all a part of the city's "Moline Centre" downtown plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://molinecentre.org/ |title=City of Moline, Illinois – Official Website – Moline Centre Main Street |publisher=Molinecentre.org |access-date=2012-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brandon Renkes |url=http://www.renewmoline.com/index.shtml |title=Economic Development |publisher=Renew Moline |access-date=2012-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308211448/http://www.renewmoline.com/index.shtml |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In January of 2025, Moline Police Department Chief Darren Gault announced a full staff of 84 sworn officers.<ref> https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/public-safety/moline-police-department-full-staffed-national-trends/526-0731ae94-6fe7-47be-92cd-731a6c527888</ref>