Editing Newton, Iowa (section)

==="Newton's future" and the rebound after Maytag===
After [[Maytag]] announced its departure, community leaders and City administration worked together to develop a plan to diversify Newton's economy.<ref name="Riley">{{cite news|last=Riley|first=Charles|title=Iowa's turnaround town|url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/01/03/news/economy/Iowa_Newton/index.htm|access-date=10 October 2013|publisher=CNN|date=January 3, 2012}}</ref> After the Maytag plant closed, unemployment skyrocketed—rising to almost 10%. In 2010, Jasper County had the highest unemployment rate of Iowa's 99 counties at 8.2%. However, in the following years, the unemployment rate dropped considerably—down to 5.4% in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iowa Workforce Development: Jasper County 2013|url=http://www.iowaworkforce.org/lmi/laborforce/etables/area50.txt|publisher=Iowa Workforce Development|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> More impressively, Newton's population did not drop following the departure of Maytag. Newton has had a steady population of about 15,000 since the 1960s.

Between 2007 and 2017, the following companies started in or moved to Newton: Underwriter's Laboratory, Trinity Structural Towers, TPI Composites, Aureon, Walter G. Anderson, the [[Iowa Speedway]], Health Enterprises, Engineered Plastics Company, Pact Manufacturing, Advanced Wheel Sales, and Hawkeye Stages.<ref name="newtonsfuture.files.wordpress.com">{{cite web|title=Newton's Future: A Comprehensive Plan|url=http://newtonsfuture.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/full-comprehensive-plan-10-10-2012-draft-smaller-file.pdf|access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Selko |first=Adrienne |url=http://www.expansionmanagement.com/statespotlights/Iowa/19327 |title=Manufacturing Plant Site Location Strategies &#124; IndustryWeek |publisher=Expansionmanagement.com |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref>

Legacy Plaza, the former Maytag corporate campus, contains eight buildings dating back to the early 1900s. The site was donated to [[Des Moines Area Community College]] (DMACC) by Reza Kargarzadeh in 2016. Some of the space is leased; current tenants include Compass Mortgage, DMACC Business Resources, Thombert, Aureon, Gezellig Brewing Company, Murph & Mary's Pub, CIRAS, Iowa Lean Consortium, Aerocare, MCG and Edward Jones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacyplazaiowa.com/Pages/commercial.aspx|title=Commercial|website=legacyplazaiowa.com|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref>

====Green manufacturing and sustainability====
One of the industrial sectors Newton has attracted in recent years is green manufacturing.<ref name="Riley" /> In December 2007, [[TPI Composites]] announced plans to open a plant to manufacture massive wind turbine blades, which are now in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=4&islist=true&id=2&d=11-28-2008 |title=NPR Media Player |publisher=NPR |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> Today, TPI Composites employs over 1,100 people and has expanded its operations by 100,000 square feet as they began manufacturing composite bus bodies with Proterra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newtondailynews.com/2018/09/14/tpi-celebrates-10-years-in-newton/attkeo8/|title=TPI celebrates 10 years in Newton|first=Jamee A.|last=Pierson|website=newtondailynews.com|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref>

Additionally, Trinity Structural Towers, a company which manufactures wind turbine towers, opened in 2008.<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite news|title=Obama declares 'new era' for energy|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30347191|access-date=10 October 2013|publisher=NBC News|date=April 22, 2009}}</ref> President [[Barack Obama]] visited the Trinity Structural Towers plant on April 22, 2009, that year's [[Earth Day]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Jesse Lee |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/09/04/21/A-Busy-Earth-Day-Van-Jones-Video-All-Day-Live-Blog/ |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=A Busy Earth Day: Van Jones Video, All-Day Live-Blog |date=April 22, 2009 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> While at the factory in Newton, the President said that he traveled to the factory to usher in "a new era of energy exploration in America."<ref name="nbcnews.com" /><ref>[[Barack Obama|Obama, Barack]]. "[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-newton-ia Remarks by the President in Newton, IA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126115050/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-newton-ia |date=26 January 2017 }}" ''[[White House Office of the Press Secretary]]'', April 22, 2009.</ref>

Newton was awarded the National Sustainable Community of the Year Award (Small City Category) by [[Siemens]] and the [[US Chamber of Commerce]] in 2010 for its successful, pro-active approach to recovery.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Chamber and Siemens Corporation Announce Finalists for National Sustainability Awards|url=http://bclc.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-and-siemens-corporation-announce-finalists-national-sustainability-awards|publisher=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation|access-date=10 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218005627/http://bclc.uschamber.com/press-release/us-chamber-and-siemens-corporation-announce-finalists-national-sustainability-awards|archive-date=February 18, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Newton's future: a comprehensive plan====
In 2012, the Newton City Council passed "Newton's Future: A Comprehensive Plan."<ref name="newtonsfuture.files.wordpress.com" /> The Comprehensive Plan was written with the input of Newton citizens and reflects the community's goals for the future; the top goals identified in the plan were to grow Newton's population with an emphasis toward targeting young families, increase employment opportunities, improve the City's curb appeal, and fill vacant buildings and increase local shopping options.<ref name="newtonsfuture.files.wordpress.com" />