WORKING IN THE QC Living &
T he QC is the heart of the Midwest, the sweet spot for industry and creativity. It’s where Quad Citizens call home and welcome new residents from wherever they hail. For young families, returning “Boomerangs” and professionals of all ages, the QC offers excellent opportunities to fulfill dreams. It provides a change of pace that is just right with a low cost of living and a balanced lifestyle. Quad Cities is a region where people can afford to invest, buy, rent, and live without sacrificing the leisure and family time that makes it all worthwhile. Our cost of living is 16% below the national average. One-time visitors and former residents are drawn to return, work and live here. Join us. Set up shop. Raise your family. Unwind. We have rurality and urbanity, entrepreneurship and imagination, grit and generosity. In short, we offer a home, and we offer fertile ground for growth. This is a place where innovators, educators and creatives are leading teams and driving progress. The Quad Cities region is home to Fortune 500 firms, small start-ups and legacy family businesses. It is where you can create your own path in workplaces filled with diverse opportunities. Whether you want to step up in your career or step into something new, here you can grow, advance and lead. It’s where you can enjoy a career in the skilled trades or robotics. Manage a team of 10 civil engineers or a casino floor. Impact lives in healthcare or in a kindergarten classroom. Strengthen the community by running a non-profit or a tool & die shop. Be a corporate social media manager or project manager. Run a franchise or open one of your own. QC, That’s Where the joy of success is professional and personal homeownership is more than accessible; it is achievable – in the city or out in the country, in a downtown loft or lofty two-story home. It is where you can transverse our region of nearly 500,000 people in about 16 minutes – in heavy
traffic. It is where your days can be full of work and your nights full of fun: cheering wildly at a football game, hosting a backyard firepit gathering, enjoying a calming sunset jog along the river or dancing at a festival.
Building our economy in key target industries: • Advanced metals and materials
• Agricultural innovation • Corporate operations • Defense and logistics
Each is fueled by our dominant workforce of 581,296 people and contributes to a healthy and growing global economy. As the world keeps pace with increasing food demand and sustainable farming systems, the QC’s ag innovation sector is leading the charge. We are home to John Deere, a global Fortune 100 giant in agricultural equipment and machinery, and countless spin-offs and trailblazers. We are home to the largest cluster of production workforce in the nation, highly skilled workers who are advancing manufacturing systems, processes and success in sectors that include defense. We are home to U.S. Army global logistics – headquartered at the Rock Island Arsenal —which is directing the supplies that support our nation’s military operations. Our industries are made up of good people with good ideas. Here, business operations and products have a direct path to major U.S. cities in mere hours, not days. Our interstate arteries provide a connection to the world through the Midwest crossroads. Barges unload and embark on the Mississippi River intercostal waterway, a low-cost earth-friendly transportation superhighway. Major freight railroads transport products and goods through our region, and our international airport serves as a host to the delivery of clients and freight.
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