MOLINE, ILLINOIS (EXCERPTS FROM QUADCITIESBUSINESS.COM): A recent article in QuadCitiesBusiness.com begins to tell the story of our founder, President and CEO Brian Vandewalle’s game-changing work 35 years ago in Moline.
“Downtown Moline looks the way it does largely because 35 years ago people like Jerry Butts, John Slover, Jerry Taylor, Bob Hanson and others were inspired to (form Renew Moline and) pursue a vision for their community” said Renew Moline’s President & CEO Alexandra Elias. A key part of the formula that included generous donations of property and funding from John Deere / Deere & Company and others.
The process Brian helped to shepherd in Moline included formation of redevelopment plan and Project Management Team for implementation. Brian Vandewalle’s transformational vision and implementation for downtown’s redevelopment proved so successful it led to other high-level client and project recommendations for Vandewalle & Associates, and a huge growth of work for the company in similar Deer towns and mid-size post-industrial Midwest cities.
Remarkably, the fledgling group’s significant actions and investment came amidst the fallout of one of the worst economic crises to face the Quad Cities. The efforts of this first group of visionaries set the stage for more than three decades of growth and revitalization.
You can read the full article here.