The new Taco Bell along Middle Road, east of Devils Glen Road, in Bettendorf takes shape. The so-called "Golden Triangle" is becoming the fastfood corridor of the community with a new Arby's across the street joining the existing Burger King and Rudy Taco restaurants along Devils Glen.
AT&T is having 6 2" conduits for fiber-optic cable run from Denver to Chicago. This cable is being run next to Middle Road in Bettendorf, and connects to the AT&T building in Davenport. It is still unclear on what they are going to use all of this bandwidth for, but this may help solve some of the phone and internet problems of the Quad City area.
Bettendorf's firework show was exceptional this year, with multitudes of fireworks, including a long display of red white and blue, as well as many color and pattern combinations not seen locally before. Some of the lower fireworks looked like "a billion angry fireflies."
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