2006 SCOTT COUNTY REGIONAL AUTHORITY GRANTS

ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DAVENPORT COMMUNITY GENERATIONS AREA AGENCY PUTNAM MUSEUM OF HISTORY & Resource Library enhancement project $3,868 SCHOOL DISTRICT TOTAL $502,941 ON AGING TOTAL $20,800 NATURAL SCIENCE TOTAL $62,975 Adams Elementary – library books $16,000 Choices Connection, an Advanced Hurricane On The Bayou – film BALLET QUAD CITIES TOTAL $30,000 Central High School – integrated Care Planning Project $8,300 educational programming $50,000 Blue River – original new ballet $20,000 computer lab $33,850 Fall risk assessment & School Outreach Education Celebrating 10 years with Central High School – technology prevention awareness $12,500 Program Supplies $12,975 4 Iowa choreographers $10,000 for math classrooms $19,774 QUAD CITIES INTERFAITH Children's Village West – GENESIUS THEATRE FOUNDATION BENNETT AMBULANCE Technology upgrade $2,800 Outdoor Learning Environment $23,250 Audience & participant retention / Building construction $60,000 recruitment for Genesius $3,950 Dropout Prevention through QUAD CITIES SCORE CHAPTER 432 Alternative Learning $44,006 BENNETT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GIRL SCOUTS OF THE Business Plan Workshops $2,015 Fillmore Elementary – computer lab $25,000 New phone & intercom system $8,000 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, INC. TOTAL $28,100 Fillmore Elementary – Listening QUAD CITY ARTS “High on Life” program $8,100 BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & Centers equipment & supplies $3,450 Bridging the Classical Music Gap $35,000 Camp Conestoga improvements $20,000 FAMILIES TOTAL $22,043 Great Minds Partnership $5,000 QUAD CITY SPORTS CENTER Building improvements Harrison Street Program – technology $22,694 GOSPEL SOUND PROMOTIONS Boiler replacement $15,882 in Davenport office $12,043 High Schools – math technology 2006 Smooth Jazz Fall Festival $8,500 Development & human & hands-on learning $21,110 QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA resource software upgrade $10,000 HAND IN HAND J.B. Young Intermediate – Quad City Arts Collaborative Technology-enriched Learning $32,518 Inspiration Studio $11,350 BETTENDORF COMMUNITY Performances $14,870 Monroe Elementary – expansion SCHOOL DISTRICT TOTAL $190,137 HANDICAPPED DEVELOPMENT of non-fiction collection $15,000 RIVER ACTION, INC. Art history resource materials $9,500 CENTER TOTAL $42,244 Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Retain the Rain Interactive Exhibits $15,000 Breakthrough to Literacy software Career Pathway $41,490 Lawn care equipment $7,900 for 12 kindergarten $72,000 Project Lead the Way Pre-Engineering Refreshing the HDC Residential Center $34,344 RIVER BEND TRANSIT Elementary & Middle Schools – Career Pathways $40,829 Park & Ride Commuter Site $40,000 Core Team Outreach Program $2,650 HUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY Truman Elementary – Elementary Schools – after school Animal Control Trucks $26,000 RIVER MUSIC EXPERIENCE Technology upgrade $16,008 learning program $24,225 Stomp the Violence, Find Your Peace $30,000 Visual Arts Career Pathways INTERSTATE RESOURCE CONSERVATION & High School – Automated Technology Labs $48,396 Project SMART Bus $2,500 External Defibrillators $7,386 RIVERPOINTBALLET AKA: Walcott School – technology $7,036 High School – reading for ILLINOIS YOUTH BALLET, NFP West & North High Schools – LECLAIRE, CITY OF pleasure program $5,199 “Alice In Wonderland” Integrated Computer Labs $68,697 Wireless Broadband Network $31,000 Jefferson Elementary – books public performance $7,500 West High School – equipment & materials for Read-aloud $10,000 LONG GROVE CIVIC LEAGUE update for Music Department $17,786 SCOTT COUNTY Mark Twain Elementary – Community Center restroom renovation $12,764 Williams Intermediate – English Level Quad Cities Police Senior Citizens learning laboratory $14,350 Learners half-day $1,047 Holiday Lights Tour $3,530 Mark Twain Elementary – training MARQUETTE ACADEMY TOTAL $26,408 Perimeter fence replacement $14,755 expenses for therapy dog $2,000 DAVENPORT PARKS & RECREATION SCOTT COUNTY ATTORNEY Science Lab furniture & equipment $7,687 Middle & High School – Fine Arts Summer Youth Park Programs and Surveillance Van $98,375 Wire enforced window & mesh Room AV & PA systems $19,670 Special Event Series $20,000 Middle School – Computer Lab $11,981 screen upgrades $3,966 SCOTT COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD DAVENPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY Scott County Park Pool & Middle School – Music Performance MCCAUSLAND, CITY OF Large Community Meeting Room $250,000 Aquatic Center Renovations $90,000 Assessment & Literacy $2,726 Computer system upgrade $14,802 Technology for Project Ready $8,450 DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT – ASSUMPTION HIGH SCOTT COUNTY EMS ASSOCIATION MEAL SERVICE OF SCOTT COUNTY, INC. Glass removal & door replacements $15,652 Equipment, education & BETTENDORF, CITY OF Donor meals $16,000 Educational Center $200,000 communication upgrades $62,825 DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT – JOHN F. KENNEDY Big Brothers Big Sisters Building MIDCOAST FINE ARTS Media Center technology $27,981 SCOTT COUNTY FAMILY Y TOTAL $45,528 for Kids – capital project $55,000 Bucktown Center for the Arts – 12 automated external defibrillators $25,528 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society Instruments glass casements $15,000 DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT – LOURDES Youth Leadership & Development – for Bix Youth Jazz Band $5,000 sharing the pie CATHOLIC SCHOOL TOTAL $34,563 MIDWEST CARDIOVASCULAR After-School & School $20,000 Bathroom renovations $23,778 BLUE GRASS, CITY OF TOTAL $11,100 RESEARCH FOUNDATION Student Safety Initiative, Phase II $10,785 SCOTT COUNTY FIRE CHIEF’S ASSOCIATION Blue Grass Trail $13,000 Printing of free book entitled “Living Fire fighting protective clothing, 2006 Report to the Community Boy Scouts of America, Illowa Longer…Living Better” $12,500 DIOCESE OF DAVENPORT – ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE equipment, education & $69,658 Council Gestetner high volume Gymnasium / multi-purpose MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BLUES SOCIETY TOTAL $23,014 duplicator replacement $5,500 room renovation $26,000 SCOTT COUNTY HOUSING COUNCIL Archive screening equipment $3,014 Replace postage meter $5,600 Rehabilitation of single & multi-family Tribute to Louisiana music & DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, SCOTT COUNTY housing units $194,990 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE 12 passenger van $5,000 musicians at the 2006 MVBS $20,000 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TOTAL $41,500 SCOTT COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER NEW LIBERTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Complete playground project DURANT COMMUNITY SCHOOL Physical Education / Recreational Primary Fire Truck replacement $35,000 at Davenport Club $16,500 DISTRICT TOTAL $21,730 Program Enhancement $75,000 Playground for Davenport Club $25,000 K-8 – New Nonfiction Library Books $10,000 New band instruments $11,730 NEW LIBERTY, CITY OF SCOTT COUNTY SHERIFF’S BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM, INC. Warning siren $5,510 DEPARTMENT TOTAL $7,413 Save Our Steamer (S.O.S.) restoration / EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY Bicycle restoration program $2,123 preservation project $50,000 COLLEGE DISTRICT TOTAL $97,841 NIABI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Remington Eye Ball Camera $5,290 Buffalo Volunteer Ambulance Service Digital Radiography $40,000 Renew the Children’s Zoo $22,000 Building construction & relocation Virtual Laboratories $57,841 SCOTT COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS to Blue Grass $90,000 NORTH SCOTT COMMUNITY Fees / transportation for state & ECUMENICAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GROUP SCHOOL DISTRICT TOTAL $194,097 national competitions $20,000 CENTER FOR ACTIVE SENIORS Structural & roofing repair to Alan Shepard Elementary – Content (CASI) TOTAL $43,800 low-income housing & youth $25,000 Area Books for Guided $5,834 ST. AMBROSE UNIVERSITY CASI Facility Renovation / Expansion $40,000 High School – Business Department Construction of Center for Community Awareness Campaign $3,800 EDGERTON WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER, INC. Health Sciences Education $25,000 Medical & office equipment & Computer Lab $53,220 CENTER FOR ALCOHOL & DRUG WIC educational materials $30,819 High School – NovaNET Credit ST. MARK PRESCHOOL SERVICES, INC. TOTAL $44,261 Recovery Program for At- $41,770 Playground $13,991 Capital improvements $19,261 ELDRIDGE PARK BOARD John Glenn Elementary – math Parking expansion $25,000 Elmgreen Park playground equipment manipulatives, classroom $8,393 ST. PATRICK SOCIETY OF THE QUAD CITIES upgrade & replacement $14,366 Junior High – graphing calculators $8,104 Erin Feis 2006 $7,100 CHILDREN’S THERAPY CENTER OF THE QUAD CITIES Junior High – Science Technology $50,276 Rental of Galvin Fine Arts Center ELDRIDGE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT K-8 Reading Strategy and Writing STUDENT HUNGER DRIVE for “The Secret Garden” $5,947 New roof & room addition in attic space $50,000 Trait Literature $26,500 “Bag Hunger” project $5,000 FAMILY MUSEUM TOTAL $65,790 UNITED NEIGHBORS, INC. TOTAL $13,250 CHURCHES UNITED OF THE QUAD CITY AREA OPERA QUAD CITIES Enchanted Museum – traveling Program equipment upgrade $6,850 Winnie’s Place renovation $60,000 “Carmen” $15,000 exhibit celebrating 10th $33,000 Tables & chairs $6,400 Go Figure, traveling exhibition $32,790 COLONEL DAVENPORT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION PLEASANT VALLEY COMMUNITY VARIETY – THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY Windows, siding & handicapped FAMILY RESOURCES, INC. TOTAL $21,831 SCHOOL DISTRICT TOTAL $207,357 OF THE QUAD accessibility ramp $12,000 Domestic Violence Shelter – Elementary Schools – Geography “Caring Kits” for teens in transition $3,000 security improvements & new $10,000 equipment upgrade $8,442 COMMUNITY ACTION OF EASTERN IOWA Domestic Violence Shelter – voice High School – Food Lab Renovation Project $10,000 VERA FRENCH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Energy assistance for low-income residents $40,500 mail system & copier $11,831 High School – Serving Students’ Mental Health Information Course Needs in Science $25,000 Technology & $80,000 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE GREAT RIVER BEND FIGGE ART MUSEUM High School – technology for disabled Viewpoint lecture series $20,000 Father Edward M. Catich: students in the regular $36,037 WALCOTT AMERICAN LEGION POST #548 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Glass $15,000 Junior High – Addition & Furnace & air conditioner replacement $15,000 COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE, INC. TOTAL $58,000 Remodeling Project $25,000 WQPT-TV Pediatric dental & medical equipment $40,000 FRIENDLY HOUSE Waterford Early Learning Emergency Alert System for Telediagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy $18,000 Child & Adult Care Food Program Program – Phase II $51,439 digital channel $35,000 (CACFP) – computer $12,945 Waterford Early Reading Program $51,439 COMMUNIVERSITY, INC. 28th Annual Life-long Learning Festival $6,450 FRIENDS OF WALNUT GROVE PIONEER VILLAGE Awnings & winter clothing for volunteers $3,000 PRINCETON, CITY OF City Hall Computer Technology Project $10,634 2006 GRAND TOTAL COUNTRYSIDE COMMUNITY THEATRE, INC. GARDEN GROWERS Oh, the Places You Can Go – Website design & supplies for PROJECT RENEWAL Seussical the Musical $9,200 community gardens $7,000 Playground fall protection system $5,000 $4,207,497 BLUE GRASS TRAIL SCOTT COUNTY COLLEGE Blue Grass, Iowa is most grateful for SCRA’s continued Radiographic technology is one of the most popular programs at Scott the scott county regional authority support throughout the years. Blue Grass is a part of Scott Community College, and our graduates are in great demand in this area and County, Iowa, located between the cities of Davenport beyond. It’s critical that our students have an opportunity to learn the skills on The Scott Count Regional Authority, a non-profit not-for-profit organizations through a grant process. and Muscatine. With a population of 1,169, it is known for the same equipment that is used in area hospitals and clinics so that they its’ quiet rural community and small town atmosphere. are fully prepared for future employment. organization, whose mission is to serve the needs These funds are generated from gaming receipts of the residents of Scott County, Iowa through the received through the Isle of Capri Casino-Bettendorf. Blue Grass’ most recent grant awarded by the SCRA was to SCRA’s support of the purchase of digital radiography equipment fund a portion of the “The Blue Grass Trail” which is currently for the program means that our students will graduate with distribution of gaming funds received from the underway and will begin it’s first of three phases during the hands-on experience on state-of-the-art equipment. Funds are awarded twice per calendar year. Applications Isle of Capri Casino-Bettendorf. Summer of 2007. The Blue Grass Trail was first announced in We are excited to have this high-tech equipment with guidelines and procedures are available on-line the Fall of 2005 and immediately won the support of the manufactured, delivered, installed and ready at www.scottcountyregionalauthority.com or through community. Without grant funding, The Blue Grass Trail for our Fall 2007 students. The Scott County Regional Authority provides funding would not be feasible, nor would many other projects local public libraries, school districts, city halls, chambers to educational institutions, government / civic and that have been SCRA supported in the past. of commerce, and the SCRA office. They can be picked up March 1st and September 1st being due DOMESTIC to the office by April 1st and October 1st, respectively. VIOLENCE SHELTER We are so pleased to have SCRA funds to assist with supplies for our shelter. The new copier makes it considerably easier to manage paperwork for staff and clients. ELDRIDGE FIRE STATION The voicemail system has lessened the workload of phone calls. 2006 SCRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Last spring, we received a $50,000 grant from the SCRA. That The mattresses have helped us Jim Mezvinsky – President Michele Dane Terri Ping Karen Berneking: Office Coordinator funding enabled us to kick start provide a cleaner and healthier Terrye Kishiue – Vice President Loretta Gamble Victor Quinn our 3,800 sq. ft. new room & roof bedroom area for shelter residents, John DeDoncker – Secretary Linda Larson Dennis Hittle remodel. Previously, we met and and allow for easier cleaning of Steve Hershberger – Treasurer Jane Paul Katherine Van Blair trained in an old apparatus bay. the beds between residents. Now we have a state-of-the-art meeting room which is being used to host a Firefighter I class for a neighboring department. 2005 SCRA ALLOCATION PANEL An emergency generator was also EDUCATION PANEL GOVERNMENT PANEL NON-PROFIT PANEL added to supply our station with full BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEMBERS power in case of an outage. We realized Michele Dane – Chair Terri Ping – Chair Katherine Van Blair – Chair it’s value during the recent February 24th YE ice storm. The City of Eldridge was without power Linda Larson – Vice Chair Dennis Hittle – Vice Chair Jane Paul – Vice Chair LS (15 AR TO BICYCLE RESTORATION TA TA for 12 hours with temperatures below freezing. Loretta Gamble Jim Mezvinsky John DeDoncker O 2 L PROJECT 2 : 5 T 6 $ 0 4 4 5 Our station became the emergency shelter for L 0 Steve Hershberger Terrye Kishiue Victor Quinn , 2 4 4 6 , Scott County Jail Community Restoration team A 9 0 ,0 . 0 the town because the community shelter U . 6 8 2 . . 5 , 2 4 . . has restored over 130 unwanted bikes and has . 5 COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS N . , , . 0 1 did not have a back up power source. 4 1 6 2 1 0 N 0 9 . 4 8 given them to agencies in Scott County. Most 9 . Roger Kean Lori Dryg Harold Bischman 7 9 . ,6 ) A 2 9 0 , 1 4 3 4 1 of the men and women who receive the 0 9 6 Our previous roof was aging and leaking 5 9 7 Susan Marty Tom Fennelly Susan Kardel . 9 . .. 7 .. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS 4 1 5 despite numerous repairs. We now restored bikes have lost driving privileges but ,6 9 Marcy Mendenhall Doug Grenier Mark Ross 2 9 OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 5, 1 22 have a standing seem metal roof need transportation for employment. Sue Rothbardt Sara Hartsock Cathy Whittlesey 31 1,4 3 ,24 system with a life of 30+ years. The Building for Kids campaign has been an ...2 96 Many bikes go to children and are often 19 The second floor is 3,800 sq. ft. important tool in achieving our vision of impacting for future expansion & much the first bike they have ever owned or 2004...4 1,000 children by 2010. The new Quad City ,577,915 replace a bicycle that was stolen and 1997...3,030,810 needed storage. Our Mentoring Center is a tool not simply because it is brick office is now finished and mortar – but because it is a facility that will stand as cannot be replaced by family due upstairs. We also the anchor for thousands of volunteers, families and children to cost. The Scott County Regional 267 199 have room to in our community who believe that an individual can make a Authority has enabled the Bicycle 25, 8.. .4,2 .3,3 Restoration Program to purchase 3.. 05, meet the needs positive difference in a child’s life. The Quad City Mentoring Center 200 348 5 1 parts, tools and the necessary 5 9 of a growing is a building that will build long-lasting relationships in our community. 7 9 , 2 9 0 . community. equipment to refurbish bicycles 2 0 . ON COVER (counterclockwise from top left): 2 .4 ,0 5 0 , for our community. 8 0 2 The Scott County Regional Authority was one of the first to step forward and Iowa City VA Hospital (van for veteran transportation), Quad Cities Symphony (renovation 4 , 3 .. . . 3 . 3 . , 2 6 4 1 of the Adler stage), Scott County Juvenile Detention Center (renovation of an outside 0 make the investment in helping achieve this vision. 3 , 4 0 , 0 0 courtyard / exercise area, Vera French Community Mental Health Center (technology 2 4 0 . . 1 . and telecommunications upgarde), Domestic Violence Shelter (new copier) , 1 5

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