Event
Corn Belt Ports & Mid-America Port Commission Rural Regional Annual Meeting Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at Catfish Bend Convention & Event Center 3001 Winegard Dr., Burlington, IA
Mid-America Port Commission: Strategic Plan (LINK)
Corn Belt Ports Update (LINK)
Economic Development Resources Panel: Public Private Partnerships Prosody Consulting (LINK)
Economic Development Resources Panel: Tri-State Development Update (LINK)
Economic Development Resources Panel: Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission Update (LINK)
Economic Development Resources Panel: Illinois Institute for Rual Affairs Update (LINK)
USACE Updates: O&M Backlog; Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Update; Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Update; Lock 10 Mooring Cell Guttenberg, Iowa Update (LINK)
Tri-State DOT Update: Missouri Department of Transportation (LINK)
Tri-State DOT Update: Iowa Department of Transportation (LINK)
Tri-State DOT Update: Illinois Department of Transportation (LINK)
Ports Panel Update: Hannibal Regional Port Authority (LINK)
Ports Panel Update: Lewis County Port Authority (LINK)
Ports Panel Update: Southeast Iowa Regional Economic & Port Authority (LINK)
Ports Panel Update: Mid-America Intermodal Authority Port District (LINK)
Event
Rural Regional Inland Ports Meeting on 23 October 2024. This is a remote only meeting. Please register now.
Event
Provided are the presentations for the Upper Mississippi River Ports (IA & IL) Meeting at RIVERFRONT HALL 102 (ATRIUM) in Western Illinois University Quad Cities located at 3300 River Drive Moline, Illinois 61265 on 10 October 2024.
Purpose: The Corn Belt Ports meeting was to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Mississippi River Ports of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
Date: 10 October 2024
Location: Western Illinois University Quad Cities, Moline, Illinois
- Corn Belt Ports Annual Agenda 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Corn Belt Ports Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- National Science Foundation Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Marine Transportation Program, Illinois Department of Transportation Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Iowa Department of Transportation Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- US Fish and Wildlife Services, Infrastructure Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Maritime Administration (MARAD) update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Bi-State Regional Commission 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Update 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
- Public Private Partnerships 10 Oct 24 (LINK)
Event
Provided are the presentations and remarks from elected officials from the Corn Belt Ports annual event hosted by the Mid-America Port Commission in Quincy, IL on 15 February 2024.
Purpose: The Corn Belt Ports meeting was to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Mid-America Port Commission region.
Date: 15 February 2024
Location: Quincy Illinois
- Corn Belt Ports Annual Agenda 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Tri-State Update and Way Forward 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Corn Belt Ports Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- National Science Foundation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Maritime Administration (MARAD) update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Mid America Port Commission Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Marine Transportation Program, Illinois Department of Transportation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Administrator of Freight and Waterways, at Missouri Department of Transportation Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Lewis County Port Authority Update (LINK)
- Pike Lincoln County Port Authority Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Marion-Ralls Regional Port Authority Update 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
Purpose: The Corn Belt Ports meeting was to share information amongst stakeholders, network and help build a common unified vision for the Mid-America Port Commission region.
Date: 15 February 2024
Location: Quincy Illinois
- Corn Belt Ports Annual Agenda 15 Feb 24 (LINK)
- Remarks by Elected Officials 15 Feb 24
- IL Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Tammy Duckworth (IL) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Dick Durbin (IL) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Eric Schmitt (MO) – Remarks (LINK)
- Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) – Written Comments (LINK)
- Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) – Remarks provided during the Northern Grain Belt Ports Annual Meeting (Oct 23) – (LINK)
- Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Brad Finstad (MN-1) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Sam Graves (MO-6) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-2) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-1) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-7) – Remarks (LINK)
- Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-3) – Remarks (LINK)