City of Moline Washington Square Apartments Project Ribbon Cutting

Please help celebrate the City of Moline Washington Square Apartments Project with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 2^nd at 1:00pm.  The address is 316 – 17^th Street in Moline, centrally located in Moline Centre, across the street from Bass Street Landing on 17^th Street.

Washington Square Apartments was built by Charles Deere in 1876 as a three story, five unit Italianate row house in order to provide upscale housing for John Deere & Company executives.  Over time, ownership changed hands and the five row houses were turned into 15 apartments.  The building remained vacant for nearly a decade prior to the acquisition in lieu of foreclosure by the City of Moline.

The City of Moline, through the Northwestern Illinois Neighborhood Stabilization Program Consortium, received American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 dollars to acquire, demolish, rehab and construct foreclosed, abandoned and dilapidated properties.  The City of Moline utilized a portion of these ARRA dollars to rehab the building into ten apartments.  In February of this year, the City began leasing to applicants meeting the income restriction guidelines.  The City is currently accepting rental applications.  Several apartments have been leased to date.