Quad Cities Region

[Mayorm 14]

Background: This will be my third cj ever, with my previous two on Simtropolis. This will be my fictional region which will consist of four major anchor cities, and several smaller suburbs and towns creating one big metropolitan area. I will spare all the details of how many downloads I use, and since I have to many to name, I will just say thank you to all the BATer, Modders, and lot makers for doing what you do to make SC4 continue its great legacy!. Now for your convienece I will include a table of contents, which includes all the updates on each page.

Table of Contents:

Page 1:

Introduction (this post)

Update 1- Education

Update 2- Transportation

Teaser pic

Update 3- To the Playoffs

Update 3 continued

Update 4- News Article 1

Update 5- New Chatham

News Article 2

Update 6- Colonization and Birth of a Revolution

Page 2:

Update 6 continued- Revolution

Update 7- Nyhaven District

News Article 3

Update 8- Some Suburbs

News Article 4

Update 9- Back to History

Update 10- Tour of Quad Cities Sports

Update 11- Nyhaven Woods

Update 12- Tourism Takes Over

Update 12 continued

Page 3:

Update 13- Work Week

Update 14- RHW Showcase

Update 15- Building the Burbs

News Article 5

Update 16- Bel-Guarde Finishes Renewal Projects

News Article 6

Update 17- Urban Upcomings

Page 4:

Update 18- QCTA Improvements

News Article 7

Update 19- Renior

News Article 8

Update 20- Areas Around Renior

Update 21- Hockey is back in town!

News Article 9

Update 22- Road Trip Day 1

Updte 22 Continued- Road Trip Day 2

Page 5:

News Article 10

Update 23- A Look at RTI

Update 24- ICHA Standings

Update 25- ICHA Expansion

Update 26- Pictures from the Region

News Article 11

Update 27- Mountain Highways

Update 28- 2011 O'mara Cup

Update 29- Spring Training

Page 6:

Update 30- Quad Cities Highway Project Part 1

Update 31- New Park

News Article 12

Update 32- Nyhaven District Clubs

News Article 13

Update 33- Quad Cities Highway Project Part 2

Update 34- Intercity League Baseball Teams

Page 7

Update 35- ILB Opening Day

Update 36- Baseball in QC

Update 37- Siles Mountain

Update 38- Revitalizing Renior

Update 39- RHW in Renior

Update 40- Suburbs in Summer

News Article 14

Update 41- Mid-Summer Sports

Update 42- Emerson Eastern Beltway Construction

News Article 15

Now let me show you the region and some general things about it.

The current pic of the region.

History: The region was first explored by the British, who eventually founded the colony of Port Charlotte, named after the Queen at the time. The colony prospered as more and more colonists came. It became one of the major British ports in the new world for the British. When the American Revolution came about, colonists of Port Charlotte also fought for independence, due to the need of troops in the American Colonies, the British were driven out easily, and eventually signed a treaty with the colonists of Port Charlotte. The Quad Cities now, is a bustling American metro area.

Transportation: Today the transportation of the region is very complex with subways, trains, and buses carrying many of commuters to and from the numerous destinations in the region. CSX, NS, BNSF, and Union Pacific, transport many goods, and products throughout the region. Amtrak handles passenger rail service in the region, and QCTA (Quad Cities Transportation Authority) transports many commuters by bus, elevated rail and subway. Port Charlotte International serves the flights from all around the world, and New Chatham Regional serves some international flights and handles transfer flights between other international airports in the region.

A frieght train passes through one of Port Charlotte's industrial areas

Sports: Sports are extremely popular in the region. No matter the standings, fans flock to see the games. We will look at the major sports venues in the region.

Stadium at Harbour Park:

venue type: baseball stadium

seating capacity: 60,000

Teams: Port Charlotte Green Sox

pic of the Stadium at Harbour Park.

Seating Chart for Port Charlotte Baseball.

Shop n' Save Center:

venue type: indoor arena

seating capacity: 20,000 for hockey

Teams: Port Charlotte Prowlers

pic of the Shop n' Save Center home to the Port Charlotte Prowlers of the STHL.

more later please comment

  Edited November 30, 2011 by Mayorm  

[SounderBruce 173]

Hmm...very nice start here! A lot of Maxis, so there is some room for improvement.

[DCMetro34 576]

Nice start! I like how you incorporate the sports into it!

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

ComputerGuy890100: thanks, but as I've said before I mostly download things for transportation, and sports. I do have a few other commercial buildings, but those haven't been built by my sims yet.

DCmetro34:  Thanks, I always like to add sports information at various times, you'll see alot about those and other teams.

Update 1- Education

The Quad Cities region has many educational oppurtunities with numerous colleges, including universities, and Community College.  Today we will lok at some of the bigger schools in the area.

QCCC: Quad Cities Community College branch campuses are everywhere in the area. QCCC offers degrees in business, finance, science, and fine arts. The entire QCCC system has enrolled 18,000 students, with the largest branch cumpus having 4,000 students.

Port Charlotte University: PCU is the oldest and richest school in the Quad Cities. Established in the 1800s by Mark Cunningham, the school has since enrolled thousands of students. The school has recently finished its entrance into D1 sports with the completion of the new University Arena built to hold hockey and basketball. Before being a college , the actual Campus was an abandoned military base. Upon being bought by the founder, everything was converted to support a university. School Athletic teams call themselves the Bulldogs and they're colors are blue and white.

A view of the Campus, and surrounding area. The Arena and Football Stadium can also be seen.

The School Athletics Logo

Laurier Mountain University: LMU is one of the smaller schools in the region. Located in the mountains to the east of the main Quad Cities, in the town of Blue Mountain. LMU has an excellent medical and communications program, with fewer than 12,000 students the school has turned to athletics as a way to attract more students. The school bought an old high school football stadium, and now plays D1 football, the school also plays hockey but has to share an arena with a minor league team, as the school plays at the Mountainside Civic Arena in downtown Blue Mountain. The school is looking to move its sports to the SCAA next season.

Here is the school athletics logo.

College Hockey: All local universities play in the local D1 college hockey league known as the ICHA (Intercollegiant Hockey Association) below are the standings.

Port Charlotte University 12- 5- 3

Westmont College 11-8- 1

Hanes State Ravens 11- 9- 0

Laurier Mountain University 10- 8- 2

Bay State Mariners 5- 12- 3

St. John Christian College 2-17-1

New Chatham Tech 1- 19- 0

Georges Brown College 0-20- 0

more schools are looking to join the ICHA as hockey is a popular sport in the Quad Cities.

[Mayorm 14]

Update 2 Transportation

The QCTA (Quad Cities Transportation Authority) transports many commuters by bus, elevated rail and subway everyday. QCTA started as small streetcar company back in the 1900s, and expanded with every year to make itself what it is today. With numerous bus routes, subway/ elevated rail lines throughout the metro area. QCTA also operates ferry services in Port Charlotte, and has a contract with Amtrak for regional rail service.

QCTA metro trains in the industrial area.

QCTA has the highest safety rating with no major crashes since 2006. QCTA's newest metro rail line completed in febuary now extends into the mountains east of the metro area connecting the town of Blue mountain to the rest of the metro area. After buying an abandoned railroad track the QCTA began the project in the spring of 2009. The whole line runs as ground light rail only making stops in Blue mountain.

a QCTA train heads into Blue Mountain on the newest metro rail line

more soon please comment

I would like to give credit to whoever took the last pic, i found it on google.

[Mother of Invention 23]

you have one of the best Vanilla CJ's ever

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

Mother of Invention: Thank you, glad you like it

While i take pictures for the next update here is a preview:

The region is growing fast

Also the region shot on the first post has been updated.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Great site for a country club. Nice new pic.

[Cleaner475 150]

Liking what you've done so far, the sports thing is really clever, you don't see to many CJs with sports in

Its great to see a vanilla cj every now and again even if I personally prefer to overload my cities with custom content

You've got off to a great start and theres lot of potential here

Richard

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

Schulmanator: Thanks, the country club is located there due to me accidentally placing it there.

Cleaner475: Thanks, I always like to fill my cjs with sports,and i'm not really a big fan of too much custom content although i have a bunch in my plugins folder, thanks for your coment.

Update 3 To the Playoffs:

The ICHA (Intercollegiant Hockey Association) hockey playoffs have been played out, which means the time for the ICHA Frozen Finals the top 4 teams in the league play for the O'mara Cup. This year the battle for the O'mara Cup includes: Port Charlotte University Bulldogs, Westmont College Wildcats, Laurier Mountain University Lions, and the Hanes State Ravens. The Bulldogs and Wildcats rivalry is expected to be one of the greatest games in the ICHA Frozen Final history. Below is the matchups for the first games of the tournament:

The favored team in the tournament is the Westmont College Wildcats who are making their first apearence in the ICHA Frozen Finals. All games are being broadcasted on the ICAA Sports Network, and on KLMK Soft Rock Radio. This year all games of the tournament will be played at the Shop n' Save Center in downtown Port Charlotte.

more updates soon please comment

thank you logoserver for all logos

[Mayorm 14]

Update 3 Continued:

The ICHA O'mara Cup this year has been presented to the Westmont College Wildcats, who defeated the Laurier Mountain University Lions in the Championship by a score of 4-3, and winning thier first O'mara Cup.

The team with the O'mara Cup after the game.

With the 09-10 ICHA season done many changes will happen during the summer. Four new teams will enter for next season, LMU will be building a new arena on campus, and the league rules will be revised.

more to come soon please comment

[b22rian 153]

great spot for the country club Mayor, i like it a lot !

[Paulobergonci 673]

wow, your city grow a lot since the last time i saw it, good work

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Congrats on the victory. And, thanks for the support!

[mayorbk 66]

nice start to the new CJ, looks like a small densly packed city so far, it'll be fun to see it expand!

[Cleaner475 150]

keep going with the sports thing its really unique - lovin what you've done so far

Richard

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

b22rian: Yeah it was kinda plopped there by accident but I've made it work

Paulobergonci: It keeps growing and growing

Schulmanator: Thanks

mayorbk: Yes, I'm hoping to grow it into an enormous metro area having four cities in big city tiles, hence the CJ name Quad Cities.

Cleaner475: Thanks, I'm a big sports fan and thus I like to incorperate sports into my city

Update 4- News Update

I'll have a better update next weekend.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice job on the news - looks very authentic.

[meister1235 92]

this CJ looks very good and the idea with the newspaper artikel is very good too

[Mother of Invention 23]

subtle use of that AT&T Ad

[Simbro_08 2]

Nice pics May, keep em up!

[Paulobergonci 673]

that internet page looks very realistic, good work there

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

Schulmanator: Thanks, I actually made the template by copying and pasting a real news website picture

meister1235: Thanks glad you liked the article

Mother of Invention: lol, yeah i decided to throw a couple adds into the article

Simbro_08: Thanks, glad you like the pics

Paulobergonci: thanks, glad you like the design

Update 5 New Chatham

New Chatham is currently one of the fastest growing cities in the Quad Cities area. It is also the second largest city in the metro area. The city has been serviced by the QCTA in the form of bus service, but just recently built three new subway lines, and added ground light rail through downtown and the Stadium District. New Chatham like the other three cities that make up the metro area, has a rich sports history. It is currently home to the New Chatham Beavers baseball team who currently play in the SLB AAA. The city has just recently completed a new indoor arena in anticipation of being home to an STLL franchise next year.

A picture of Downtown New Chatham, the QCTA light rail and City Center Casino can be seen.

A picture of Chatham Energy Stadium home to the New Chatham Beavers, and Central Chatham Bank Arena.

New Chatham also prides itself for having a great education system, with numerous high schools, and elementary schools. New Chatham Tech one of many big universities in the region, and is also a great sports school.

New Chatham Tech Campus, and Sports Facilities, they also recently built a lacrosse stadium.

more soon please comment

Also be sure to check the first post in the CJ, I added some new pics

  Edited March 28, 2011 by Mayorm  

[Blazerhawk 162]

Looks good. although I'd like to see more of the cities.

[b22rian 153]

I see your getting some nice looking transit into play now..

I noticed the new highways.. very nice job here ,,

thanks for the hard work on your cj here..

[Mayorm 14]

Here is a short news article about the upcoming SLB AAA season

[tigerbuilder 131]

Nice CJ...well done city building

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Looking good - I am ready for a game...

got my hot dog, drink and air horn!

[Mayorm 14]

Replies:

tigerbuilder: thanks

Schulmanator: thanks, lol

Just a note about the following update(s). First this is the early history of the Quad Cities which are located in the Federal Cities Republic (FCR). You will also see a lot of real life photos. These updates will  follow a timeline and may get long sometimes. And now for the history of the Quad Cities, presented by QCHistory Channel

Update 6- Colonization and Birth of a Revolution

April 1617- A British ship is sailing across the Atlantic bound for the colony of Jamestown. On board there are 500 future colonists, however on the evening of day 2 of thier journey, they hit a storm and are blown off course. 3 days later they sail into what would become Port Charlotte Harbour.

After a few days of exploring they realize they are nowhere near Jamestown, And on May 1st the Westhampton Drafts are signed. These would eventually be modified to become the FCR Constitution.

May 1617- Colony of Charlotte founded under British rule. (Named after the British Queen at the time)

July 1622- British ships filled with colonists and goods land, and introduce Tobacco to the region. Tobacco would become a major export from the Charlotte Colony.

September 1622- British set up Fort Galvinson and the Colony is officially renamed Port Charlotte. Tobacco sales increase. Colony population is now at 700.

1634- Indians attack small settlements in the mountains to the east, British don't defend the colonists.

March 1645- New Chatham founded as a colony to the south of Port Charlotte. Colony populations increase to a total of 2,000

1700- Biritish now have a standing army in the Charlotte Colonies

1755- Taxes raised to pay for army in the colonies. (This would become the first many acts to anger Colonists.)

1758- British take control of militias in the Charlotte Colonies. Exported goods are now taxed, and Tobacco sales are down leaving mosts colonists without many money.

December 1766- Representatives meet in 4 secret meeting places in Port Charlotte.

June 3 1767- Declaration of Independence, signed, and the Federal Cities Republic is chosen as the name for thier new country.

May 1770- King angered by Charlotte Colonies not being supportive ands raises taxes as punishment.

On may 18 British soldiers marching back to Fort Galvinson from New Chatham are fired on by 64 militia from local towns. Out the 1,000 British Soldiers, 300 are killed and at least 100 wounded, all 64 militia would be killed.

[meister1235 92]

i like the updates with an historical topic

you choose very good pics and your city looks very good too

meister