Editing Connersville, Indiana (section)

===Decline from 1960s onward===
The 1980s were the beginning of the end for Connersville automotive manufacturing, which had been on the wane for more than a decade. Due to high cost of local union labor and economies of scale elsewhere, most industry departed in the 1980s and 1990s. Connersville union labor decreased from a high of 10,000 to about 600 workers in 2012. Connersville’s role in automobile manufacturing ceased when the [[Visteon]] factory shut down in 2007. Part of the decline may be logistical – with the construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s, Connersville found itself not directly in line with routes between major cities: [[Interstate 70 in Indiana|Interstate 70]] from Indianapolis to [[Columbus, Ohio]], [[Interstate 74 in Indiana|Interstate 74]] from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, and [[U.S. Route 40 in Indiana|U.S. Route 40]] from Indianapolis to Richmond, none intersecting Connersville. The former Roots Blower/Dresser Industries, now [[GE Energy]], remains, but with a skeleton staff of fewer than 100 full-time employees. Stant also remains with a little over 200 employees. There are still some furniture making, machine shops, and other local manufacturing establishments.

In March 2014, the city declared a fiscal emergency when revenue fell short of expenses, and the city nearly fell into bankruptcy.