Work starts at Vander Veer Park
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By David Heitz | Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
Q: What’s going on at Vander Veer Botanical Park in Davenport? There are fences around the trees and it looks like they’re making a yellow brick road or something.
— Tom, Davenport
A: The fencing at Vander Veer Botanical Park is to protect trees from damage during the installation of a 10-foot wide, exposed aggregate walk that will run from the corner of Brady Street, loop behind the stone fountain and continue to the corner of Harrison Street, city parks and recreation director Dan Sherman said.
The walk was included in the 1898 park plan and was present in the park well into the 20th century. The original walk was lined with shade trees, Sherman said, so park staff has ordered 75 trees to replicate the original plan. The trees will be planted when walk construction is complete. Seating and lighting identical to that used on the original “Grand Allee” will be installed at intervals along the walk. The project should be completed by late spring or early summer.
Q: With the new development going up soon at the former Joevan site in Bettendorf, wouldn’t this be an ideal time to correct the ridiculous zigzag intersection that transitions Lincoln Road in Bettendorf with East Middle Road in Davenport?
— Bettendorf resident
A: The “zigzag” section of Middle Road that transitions to Lincoln Road is scheduled for a total upgrade this summer, said Wally Mook, Bettendorf’s director of public works. The project will include the installation of storm sewer to capture water and take it off the roadway. A contract likely will be awarded June 17.
“There is no plan to realign Middle Road back to its original alignment behind Bruegger’s,” Mook said. “In its present configuration, it functions very well to calm traffic by reducing speeds. This is a good thing!”
Follow-up files
n I received several calls from folks who had more information for Dave from Camanche, who wanted to know where he can buy Amish food products.
Joe Taylor from the Quad-Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau said the goods can be purchased in the gift shop at the Iowa Welcome Center, 900 Eagle Ridge Road, LeClaire. Marsha Weber from A Sweet Read in DeWitt, Iowa said her shop sells Amish food, too, at 919 6th Ave., DeWitt.
Gary from the Quad-Cities wrote in to say you can buy Amish food products at K & K Hardware, 1818 Grant St., Bettendorf, as well as Weber’s Meat Market and the Bread Basket in Cumberland Square shopping center in Bettendorf. “And the person who distributes this product can be found at the NorthPark Mall farmers market on Wednesdays and Saturdays,” he added.
n In Thursday’s column, I told Barbara from the Quad-Cities where she could listen to renowned radio commentator Paul Harvey. I told her she can find him on WOC-AM 1420, but someone pointed out that what she probably really wanted to know was why Harvey’s show was on hiatus for a while.
Silly me. I didn’t realize Harvey had been on hiatus. According to Radio Ink, a radio management and marketing magazine, 89-year-old Harvey had been suffering from pneumonia and returned to the airwaves April 25.
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