By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE
IBJ Managing Editor
macmeske@ibjonline.com
The RiverBend Growth Association turns 40 in 2025 and continues its core mission to attract, promote and support new and existing economic growth throughout the Riverbend community.
It was founded on Jan. 18, 1985, and was first known as the Greater Alton/Twin Rivers Growth Association. The organization was formed as a merger of several smaller city chambers that decided to act as one regional chamber.
Read the complete story at https://www.ibjonline.com/2025/03/14/at-two-score-or-four-decades-the-rbga-continues-on-a-growth-mission/.