Chris Griggs
August 15, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — About 35 people from Quincy’s boating community attended the Quincy Park Board meeting Wednesday night to learn more about a possible advisory referendum that could help determine the future of Art Keller Marina. No plans for the referendum were determined, but boaters learned from Park Board President Mark Phllpot that a boating committee, suspended…
Read Full Article June 15, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — A discussion about installing Wi-Fi service at Art Keller Marina eventually led to an informal vote Wednesday night by the Quincy Park Board to reaffirm its promise to keep the marina operating through 2025. During a report on the finance committee, commissioner Mark Philpot said one topic of interest was an expense with…
Read Full Article September 15, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — John Frankenhoff put his cards on the table, then challenged other Quincy Park Board commissioners to do the same. Some showed their hand. Others chose to keep their cards close to their chest. The future of Art Keller Marina, which has lost money in each of the past three years and is on…
Read Full Article September 1, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Chris Griggs called it “a dialogue like we’ve never had before, which is very much appreciated.” A group of local boaters and renters informally met for about 90 minutes with Quincy Park Board commissioners John Frankenhoff and Jeff VanCamp on Tuesday to talk about issues involving boating on the Mississippi River and finding…
Read Full Article August 11, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Some Quincy Park Board commissioners bristled after board president John Frankenhoff told local media outlets after the Aug. 1 planning session that keeping the Art Keller Marina open after 2023 wasn’t likely “unless something drastic happens.” However, Frankenhoff’s comment may have unintentionally lit a fire under the Quincy boating community. Two boaters offered…
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