| Actively solicit new businesses |
| Adapt to growing needs of Rock County (e.g., health occupations) |
| Add additional .5% county sales tax to fund downtown & economic development activities |
| Agressively market Janesville -- be proactive |
| Agressively market Janesville -- in trade journals, presentations, sales team, etc. |
| Analyze past failures and fine out why we missed opportunities |
| Analyze reasons why a business didn't locate here and use this info to steer our strategy |
| Anticipate & capitalize on possible Chicago Olympics |
| Attract a bicycle manufacturer |
| Attract a distribution company |
| Attract another car manufacturer |
| Attract high tech businesses |
| Attract niche industries |
| Attract UW-Madison related industries (e.g. biotech, medical & agricultural) |
| Be more proactive with City redevelopment plan |
| Build on what we already have -- ask businesses what it would take for them to expand |
| Burma Shave signs -- answer: Janesville |
| Capitalize on Janesville's ability to finance building and land improvements for new businesses |
| Capitalize on local healthcare infrastructure to recruit new businesses |
| Change product on GM production line (aircraft maintenance) |
| Commission a study to create alternatives for the re-use of the GM plant |
| Conduct a "how-to" workshop on exporting -- 99% of consumers live outside the United States |
| Create a "one-stop shop" for businesses (taxes, paperwork, regulation, etc.) |
| Create a local Youtube production about Janesville |
| Create a magazine to promote Janesville & its assets in a positive manner |
| Create incentives for buying and doing business locally |
| Define opportunity then target specific industries & companies |
| Develop a "showcase team" to sell Janesville's resources, advantages, etc. |
| Develop a "welcoming group" to hold open houses to show potential businesses what we have to offer |
| Develop a better image of Janesville -- museum, bike trails, link b/w Beloit & Madison |
| Develop a business-friendly image |
| Develop a commercial realty website that incorporates MLS listings (similar to residential site) |
| Develop a marketing plan for Janesville |
| Develop a website with solid information |
| Develop agricultural industries (e.g., mining, etc.) |
| Develop an agricultutral research center |
| Develop a list of businesses we want to attract |
| Develop the Interstate 39/90 corridor to promote image of Janesville (e.g. Gateway/Beloit) |
| Do a better job marketing our area -- parks, welcome center, etc. |
| Do more intensive marketing of our strengths and opportunities (Chicago Tribune) |
| Educate people about the business opportunities that exist in Janesville |
| Emphasize agribusiness |
| Emphasize health occupations / medicine |
| Emphasize industry cluster development |
| Emphasize manufacturing economy, not service jobs |
| Emphasize medical technology sector |
| Encourage "angel" investment in startups |
| Encourage cooperation & coordination b/w regional healthcare facilities |
| Encourage the location of state offices and services in Janesville |
| Encourage word-of-mouth citizen marketing |
| Enhanced Gas & Oil Recovery lab in Rockford -- spin off opportunities |
| Est. more targeted marketing of the City, both internal & external -- current efforts are haphazard |
| Establish a "skills bank" -- a summary of the area labor force by skill profile |
| Establish a business incubator program |
| Establish a business incubator program & promote it regionally |
| Establish a friendlier business environment & a "whatever it takes" attitude |
| Establish a grant program for potential investors |
| Establish a local capital fund for start-ups, growing businesses, etc. |
| Establish a research and development campus -- possibly on GM site |
| Establish a women's entrepreneurial center supported by the business community |
| Establish an entrepreneurial center |
| Establish more avenues of financial resources for small businesses (e.g., education and services) |
| Establish regional partnerships -- how have other cities been able to rebound? |
| Expand employment in technical fields (such as what has been done in Madison & Twin Cities) |
| Explore new tax incentives |
| Facilitate growth and expansion opportunities by being proactive with businesses |
| Find ways to encourage new business through entrepreneurship workshops (unite pub. & private) |
| Gather the top 20 area employers for a dialogue on expansion plans & what the City can do to help |
| Give businesses free land, water and sewer services |
| Give businesses special grants, tax credits and incentives -- financial help |
| Give City assistance to startup businesses in specific industries |
| Give incentives to existing businesses to stay & expand (e.g., rail service, fee reduction) |
| Grow home healthcare industry |
| Growth inconsistent with core values -- growth is not always good (cutting down trees, etc.) |
| Hire a full-time employee to search for potential businesses & growth opportunities out of state |
| Hire a professional marketing firm to promote and brand the City |
| Hire economic development experts to develop a plan for Janesville |
| Hire a marketing company to update Janesville's image |
| Hire more economic development sales people |
| Hire Steve Sheiffer as a spokesperson for the City after he retires |
| Hold a "who wants to be an entrapreneur" competetition |
| Host regional industrial trade shows |
| Identify departing businesspeople and interview them about impressions of Janesville |
| Identify distribution channels of large companies and promote Jvl as a location for trans. and logistics |
| Identify small, emerging businesses |
| Identify strengths of existing businesses and recruit companies to supply them |
| Identify what jobs are available in the community |
| Improve our export market (Forein Trade Zone?) |
| Improve the attitude of City staff when working with businesses |
| Incent the area's top 100 companies to expand and grow |
| Incentivize new businesses through tax & real estate incentives |
| Inventory Janesville's assets to Janesville residents |
| Inventory our amenities |
| Invite new businesses to participate in business expos |
| Learn from Minneapolis |
| Link to search engines promoting Janesville as one of the best places to live |
| Look at businesses with larger client base outside of Janesville |
| Make business recruitment a priority with proactive sales force on the ground |
| Make young professionals a focal point of marketing & retention efforts |
| Manufacture Amtrak passenger cars |
| Manufacture computers |
| Manufacture electric cars and/or electric car batteries |
| Market directly to companies by showing area's potential |
| Market Forward Janesville as a potential chamber of commerce |
| Market Janesville as a medical hub |
| Market Janesville to attract new businesses |
| Market Janesville to innovative manufacturers |
| Market Janesville's family-friendly atmosphere |
| Market Janesville's low cost of living |
| Market our location -- close to affordable housing, good education & low cost of living |
| Market our workforce strengths |
| Market to businesses within a 75-mile radius of Janesville who are looking to expand |
| Package benefits and programs to business prospects |
| Proactively recruit identified industries |
| Promote and market Janesville's strengths |
| Promote community assets to others |
| Promote Janesville as a "bedroom community" (e.g., good schools, low housing costs, etc.) |
| Promote Janesville more agressively across the country |
| Promote Janesville's image as a kid- and family-friendly place |
| Promote local agriculture |
| Promote our low crime rate while continuing to agressively fight crime |
| Promote schools and quality of graduates |
| Promote the arts |
| Promote the Janesville/Beloit area & Rock River corridor recreation |
| Promote the Rock County Airport |
| Promote the Rock River (e.g., San Antonio) |
| Promote the School District as an asset |
| Promote woman-owned businesses |
| Provide more information on TIF and seek small- and medium-sized businesses who could bebefit |
| Re-brand Janesville |
| Recognize extisting businesses |
| Recruit "recession-proof" businesses (e.g., insurance companies, etc.) |
| Recruit call centers (credit cards, etc.) to Janesville |
| Recruit distribution centers |
| Recruit health insurance sector companies |
| Recruit service industries (e.g., laundry, maintenance) |
| Re-use the GM plant |
| Secure military manufacturing contracts |
| Seek government funding to create a non-profit business to benefit the community (e.g. Newman's Own) |
| Seek the advice of retired professionals |
| Simplify the TIF qualification process |
| Start an aggressive sales and marketing effort |
| Start business incubators |
| Take a cluster approach to see what businesses really fit in this area |
| Tap into the biotech sector |
| Target "brain drain" in Janesville -- use UW-Rock stats on why grads leave to find solutions |
| Target biotech companies located in Dane County, other locations |
| Target emerging "green" industries |
| Target organic food processing companies |
| Target other automakers |
| Target specific industries and skill sets (logistics, printing, manufacturing) |
| Understand what the next generation wants in housing and build businesses around this |
| Update City website -- include demographics, potential business properties, etc. |
| Use GM or Gilman as an recycler incubator site (temporary or special use) |
| Use seed money to draw in new businesses |