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Economy

Costco Plans for Davenport

City of Davenport

A public hearing set for Wednesday night on plans for a new Costco store in Davenport has been postponed. But the city council will set aside time anyway for public comments. 

Senior Planning Manager Matt Flynn says the proposed Costco site is along 53rd Street just west of Elmore Avenue on nearly 18 acres.

"I think Costco made a good argument for why this property should be included as part of our regional commercial center of Elmore Avenue. They have prepared a development plan that minimizes the impact to surrounding properties."

Flynn says the formal public hearing was postponed after corrections had to be made to the legal description of the property. It's now set for August 2nd.

Critics of the Costco project say it will add even more traffic to an already very crowded 53rd Street, they're concerned about water runoff, and they think more appropriate sites are not-too-far away, and available.
 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.