The YWCA Quad Cities will host a public open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday, July 22. The ribbon cutting is at 4:30 p.m. and the open house will follow the ribbon cutting and last until 6 p.m.

On October 1, 2019, the YWCA Quad Cities opened its first Iowa location in Davenport, at One River Place, 1225 E. River Drive, Suite 110, named the “Iowa Empowerment Center.” Due to the overwhelming response for the services the empowerment center provides, especially as a direct result of personal situations created as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the center experienced significant growth and realized it was necessary to find a larger space.

“We are so fortunate that we didn’t have to move too far,” said Deanna Woodall, Vice President Development & Growth. “One River Place is where the Iowa Empowerment Center started and the move is just to the other end of the building.”

 “The YWCA Quad Cities has always been chartered in Iowa,” said Julie Larson, President/CEO.

YWCA president/CEO Julie Larson, left, with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and YWCA vice president Deanna Woodall at the Iowa Empowerment Center, 1225 E. River Drive, Davenport.

“It is now proven more than ever that having an actual (physical) location in Iowa is needed and we are honored to rise to the charge of serving the needs of our entire Quad-Cities community.”

The Iowa location (the Iowa Empowerment Center) provides assistance in areas such as job preparedness, leadership development, financial literacy and varying lifestyle topics and issues.  Adult education programs are also available, including WE360 (female entrepreneurship training program), Google IT Certificate and YWEB Career Academy, both programs offering training in the IT field.

In addition, the Iowa Empowerment Center houses a clothing closet, food and toiletry pantry. In addition, household essentials and cleaning supplies, toilet paper and paper towels, as well as baby necessities are always on hand at the Empowerment Center. Further, the Iowa location will serve as a satellite office for the main YWCA facility located in Rock Island, which has been a part of downtown Rock Island since 1917. It is important to note that there will not be childcare offered at this location at this time.

For more information, visit https://ywcaqc.org/

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Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner -- who has called the Quad Cities home since 1995 -- has decades of experience as a professional journalist and pianist. His experience writing for daily newspapers, public radio and local TV encompasses a wide range of subjects, including the arts, politics, education, economic development, historic preservation, business, and tourism.

Jonathan most loves writing about music and the arts (which he now does as a freelancer for the River Cities Reader and Visit Quad Cities). He has a passion for accompanying musicals, singers, choirs and instrumentalists, including playing for QC Music Guild's 2023 productions of RENT and SWEENEY TODD. He is assistant music director and accompanist for the spring 2025 Music Guild show, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. He wrote an original musical based on The Book of Job, which premiered at Playcrafters in 2010. Jonathan penned a 175-page history book about downtown Davenport, that was published by The History Press in 2016, and a travel guide about the QC published by Reedy Press in 2022.