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Friends of the Milan Bottoms holding "roost in" outside City Hall Wednesday afternoon

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Brady Johnson
Published June 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM CDT
Friends of the Milan Bottoms Chair, Justin Booker, and member Kelly McKay
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Friends of the Milan Bottoms Chair, Justin Booker, and member Kelly McKay

Friends of the Milan Bottoms Chair Justin Booker and member Kelly McKay speak with WVIK News about their group's discussions with the city and developers, and concerns about developing next to wetlands.

The "roost in" is 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18th, outside Rock Island City Hall. The "roost in" is ahead of a public hearing regarding Parkway/I-280 TIF district, which would expand into the Casino-West site and the Milan Bottoms. The city states the expansion will allow TIF dollars to be used for conservation maintenance in the wetlands.

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Brady Johnson
Brady is a 2021 Augustana College graduate majoring in Multimedia Journalism-Mass Communication and Political Science. Over the last eight years, he has reported in central Illinois at various media outlets, including The Peoria Journal Star, WCBU Peoria Public Radio, Advanced Media Partners, and WGLT Bloomington-Normal's Public Media.
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