The city has been planning its economic future for many years. With our series of development summits focusing on areas of economic opportunity within the city, we have identified nine areas of opportunity. Area businesses and civic leaders have stepped forward with contributions to the Bettendorf Fund to be used to leverage economic development projects. Our immediate attention is focused on the downtown area. We believe that the tourism opportunities surrounding the Lady Luck Casino and Hotel can be capitalized upon to generate more land-based development that will solidify the future of our downtown.
Development plans are well under way, and excitement is growing.
Our hope is to have a successful project within the downtown by the time we celebrate our centennial year. In other areas of the community, we will continue to expand our residential base. Bettendorf will always be a place where families want to live. We must continue, however, to diversify our tax base and employment opportunities in order to keep the cost of living and doing business in Bettendorf affordable. This means we must bring in new types of businesses that supply jobs that will not only employ our residents and their children, but that will allow the community to grow and prosper.