Sweet sees status quo maintained in Davenport

DAVENPORT-The city has maintained the status quo after approving a budget in the black while looking ahead to a couple key projects in 2022, mayor Brad Sweet said in a yearly outlook interview with The Times.

High on the priority list here is finishing construction at the municipal airport and beginning construction on the somewhat controversial Family Dollar store going into the old Lyon's Park site between First, Second, Morgan and Logan Streets.

Sweet said the city is looking to sign a lease agreement with AirLift Northwest, a nonprofit owned by the University of Washington School of Medici...