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Love this ranking! Visit Quad Cities recently announced that Davenport is ranked 29 out of 100 small cities in the annual 2020 America’s Best Small Cities Report.
From the report:
Davenport is part of the Quad Cities, which also includes Iowa’s Bettendorf and Moline, East Moline, and Rock Island in Illinois (yes, that’s technically five cities). Distinguishing Davenport on the banks of the Mississippi is its status as the region’s economic powerhouse. It reached the Top 10 in our Prosperity category (#8), thanks to the heavy presence of companies such as Kraft Heinz, Nestle Purina and John Deere. Midway between Chicago and Des Moines, Davenport ranked high in our Product category (#32), notably due to its airport connectivity (#16). Four airlines served 11 nonstop hubs through Quad City International Airport as of early 2020, but of course the COVID-19 pandemic has changed that, for now.
Along with educational services and health care, arts and entertainment are a significant employer. Not coincidentally, Davenport performs well in our main Programming category (#23), ranking #10 for Nightlife, #21 for Museums (consider the glass Figge Art Museum) and #22 for Culture (take the annual Riverssance fest). Not surprisingly, construction of hundreds of downtown apartments is underway to house those being drawn to the city.
The top five small cities as ranked by the report were Reno, Naples, Santa Fe, Savannah, and Asheville.
America’s Best Cities ranking is the most comprehensive city ranking in the U.S., based on entirely original methodology that uses the opinions of the people who matter most: a city’s visitors and its residents. The index ranks the success of a city by analyzing and comparing 28 factors grouped in six key categories to identify a cities competitive identity. Categories include Place, Product, Programming, People, Prosperity and Promotion.
Hear what else is happening downtown next week at our virtual annual meeting on the 30th: https://bit.ly/DDPannualmtg