Laurel Canan has been a big asset to Janesville and the Performing Arts! She is a great lady, wonderful person and her whole family will be missed terribly!!!!

I have really enjoyed working with Laurel- she is a HUGE asset to Janesville. We will be right behind her, either Lordstown, OH or Lake Orion, MI. Thanks Laurel for all of the efforts on your part for the arts and our community. I have especially appreciated your work with non-profits in Janesville, perhpas we can work together again in the future.

Laurel we will miss you!

GM is not the only thing closing soon in Janesville.

Laurel has done a wonderful job with JPAC. She will be missed.

Good observation, JCK.
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I was in Ypsilanti, Michigan, week before last. It's basically a suburb of Detroit and had a huge auto plant (Willow Run) that closed a number of years ago. The population of the town actually shrank quite a bit and is only now coming back to its former levels.
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Could that happen to Janesville? Guess we'll find out.

While not terribly significant this news is a subtle forebearer of what is to come. Her husband moves to Ohio to save his job at GM and, of course, she follows. Now the JPAC is impacted and looking for a new director.
Obviously nobody is out of work and there is no significant economic impact other than these individuals spending their wages in Ohio. I'm not suggesting that this is that big of a deal but this scenario is going to play out many, many times in the year to come. Eventually it could be.