The improvement of Janesville started in 2013, Gale Price, economic development director of Janesville, recalled. "We really started to see an increase in hiring. We started to see an increase in family incomes."

"We identified the assets that we need to have in place that we want to market. We really focused on other industries that we have here already. Then we're building off of those, say plastics, thermoforming, logistics," Price told Xinhua in an interview.

Price attributed the gradual recovery of Janesville to many factors, and the first one is its location. "There are many markets here that you could reach within five hours. So as a central location, we can address the needs of many communities in many areas in a day's drive by a semi-truck."

Being a city bordering the states of Wisconsin and Illinois, "distribution facilities, the major investments in the interstate projects have helped us," Price said frankly.

Healthcare is another assets Janesville has. "There were a lot of healthcare, other aspects to the healthcare industry that can be served here and are already served here by distribution of health care equipment and tools," Price said.

"We've continued our recovery through marketing those assets and attracting companies and then also helping local companies build their business base so that they could better serve their customers and further serve their customers."

"It was a combination of things which has been very successful," he stressed.

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