The City of Davenport was suffering from an exodus of residents to the suburbs, loss of job-creating industries, and the housing troubles of the Great Recession.  To combat this, the DavenportNOW program was created as a set of tax and service advantages meant to re-incentivize locating businesses and residents within the city limits.

The results of this set of changes have been tremendous: a total of $72 million invested in Davenport, and the city leads every regional city and suburb in housing starts and historic location rehab projects.

This case study was nominated for ICMA's Annual Awards Program.