Posts Tagged East Davenport
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Ideal Home – Act NOW
Why seniors giving thought to their “ideal home” should give serious thought to acting now—and I’m emphasizing NOW By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes As some readers may be aware, Dan Dolan Homes has recently started the development of Stone Gate East in East Davenport. You may know th...
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Staying Local
Why more and more QC seniors are telling us they are “staying local” in the choice of their senior housing option. By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Am I saying no QC seniors are retiring to Arizona, Florida or Texas anymore? Not at all. Are more QC seniors telling me they are not retiring to ...
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Of Christmas trees, holes in the ground, reservations and the newest town home development
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes I was talking about Christmas trees with a friend a few weeks ago and describing how my 17 year old son, Conor, is going to market his locally grown Christmas trees this year. I saw the frown building on my friend’s face just before he wondered, out loud, that...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall I’ll be home for Christmas Remember good old Bing Crosby? In 1943 he earned is fifth gold record with a song that rang a chord with the American public. Almost immediately, the record shot to number one at USO’s all across the world, as soldie...
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In and Out of the Quad Cities
Contributed by Gail McPike and Toni Hall The Theatre Did you know that “theatergoer” was a word? As we were writing this section we were playing around with the names of people who work around stage productions. That’s when we discovered it. Our guess is that unless you were one o...
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Waiting Lists?? …… Not Anymore!!
By Betty Sands HOMZ Management Corp. Things have really changed in senior housing over the past decade. I recall the days that we didn’t even bother to advertise because we had waiting lists up to two years long. I recall we could almost predict to the month how long a person would wait. And t...
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Quad Cities Fun Facts
Legend has it, the Great Indian Spirit of Waters was so taken by the beauty of the Quad Cities that she stopped briefly to admire the area, allowing the river to run east-west instead of north-south. The 1910 Velie automobile, made in Moline, cost $1,800. Davenport B. Sears came to the area i...
