This web site is a web-quest for high school students. It is designed to enhance curriculum dealing with current social issues. The issue presented is a situation that is currently happening in the Quad Cities. The Quad Cities is located on the Mississippi River and contains the cities Rock Island and Moline, Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa and the surrounding communities.
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Introduction:
Triumph Foods, a pork processing company headquartered in St. Joseph, Mo.,
recently announced that it will locate a new, state-of-the-art processing plant
in East Moline, Illinois. The project will create an estimated 350 new jobs
by 2009 and a total of 1,000 new jobs by 2010. The state of Illinois awarded
almost $16 million in Opportunity Returns support for the project.
Triumph Foods is investing $135 million to build the 620,000 square foot plant,
which will be located on 116 acres in East Moline. Construction is expected
to begin the spring of 2007 with occupancy anticipated by the first quarter
of 2009. The new plant will be a pork processing facility only, with no hog
confinement planned. The plant will feature innovative, new automated processes
to address negative community impacts traditionally associated with pork processing
facilities. (source:
expansionmanagement.com).
A map of the area can be viewed by clicking here.
Now What?
You have been chosen to serve on the Quad City Development Group board that will speak to the local mayor, city board and citizens of your community. You must select a side-you support the building of the pork plant or you do not support the building of the pork plant.
Click here to view some local media and blogger viewpoints.