(whig.com) Members of the Quincy/Adams County 911 Governing Board have hired a Canton, Ill., firm to build the emergency dispatch center near 52nd and Broadway.
Work should begin within weeks, with completion expected before the middle of 2006, according to board chairman John Johnson.
“When it all is said and done, Adams County and Quincy, Ill., will have an enhanced 911 system in a state-of-the-art building, with a proper backup in the old courthouse building that will make us much more secure. It’s kind of a quality of life thing,” Johnson said.
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Builder selected for 911 center
Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2005 by JustinQuinn Awards $20,000 Wireless Main Street Grant To Historic Business District In Quincy
Posted Thursday, August 4th, 2005 by Justin(illinois.gov) Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn awarded a $20,000 Wireless Main Street grant today to Historic Quincy Business District’s Executive Director Karol Ehmen for the group’s innovative approach to deliver a wireless network to the community.
Twelve Illinois Main Street communities applied for the grant but only Quincy and Mt. Vernon won the nod. A unique component of Quincy’s proposal aims to extend the wireless network from the downtown business district to the Mississippi River, so boaters can also log on to the World Wide Web.
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Is there a need for rail speed?
Posted Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 by Justin
(whig.com) Rick Harnish, executive director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, is waiting for the day when there are four daily passenger train routes between Quincy and Chicago. Before that happens, Harnish said Congress must fully fund Amtrak. In fact, he hopes the United States makes high-speed passenger rail a priority.
“We could be done with a high-speed route between Chicago and St. Louis in two or three years once we get the funding,” said Harnish, who spoke at a joint meeting of the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce and the Noon Kiwanis Club on Monday.
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Architecture buffs and foodies beat a path to Quincy, Ill.
Posted Monday, March 28th, 2005 by Justin
I got the following article via email which appeared in a Chicago newspaper:
Numerically, the Maid-Rite fast-food franchise poses no threat to McDonald’s, but it has demonstrated staying franchise in America (after A&W).
Launched almost 80 years ago in Iowa, it has its corporate headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, but you’ll find a pair of Maid-Rite outlets east of the Mississippi River in Quincy, Ill. This charming river town of about 40,000 attracts foodies to its companionable watering holes and down-home
eateries - and, perhaps, to the local Maid-Rites for their specialty sandwiches. It also draws a flock of architectural buffs who go to admire buildings that fill five distinct historic districts.
Quincy is the seat of Adams County. Both take their names from the sixth president, John Quincy Adams, son of the second U.S. president (the only such father-son combination until the election of George W. Bush). From 1850 to 1930, Quincy was the most prominent river town in Illinois, and at one time the state’s second-largest city, bigger than Chicago.
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