Editing Beloit, Wisconsin (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Beloit Ironworks from Rock River.jpg|thumb|Beloit Ironworks, a group of restored industrial buildings along the city's downtown riverfront]]

Industries with headquarters in Beloit include [[ABC Supply Company]], Bio-Systems International, [[Broaster Company]], [[Fairbanks-Morse]] Defense, [[Hendricks Holding Company]], Murmac Paint Manufacturing, PlayMonster, and [[Regal Beloit]].

Downtown Beloit is a dense cluster of mostly small shops and boutiques. The area has been recognized for increased investment and renewal since the 1990s.<ref name="Preservation Nation">{{cite web|title=The 2011 Great American Main Street Award Winners|url=http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/awards/gamsa/2011-gamsa/downtown-beloit-wisconsin.html|publisher=Preservation Nation|access-date=September 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927130637/http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/awards/gamsa/2011-gamsa/downtown-beloit-wisconsin.html|archive-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Downtown Beloit is one of two inaugural members of the Wisconsin Main Street designation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisconsin Main Street map and founding years|url=http://inwisconsin.com/content/uploads/2013/06/MS-Contacts.pdf|publisher=Wisconsin Main Street Association|access-date=September 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927200012/http://inwisconsin.com/content/uploads/2013/06/MS-Contacts.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upscale downtown condominiums and hotels were introduced after 2000 with the construction of the Hotel Hilton Apartments (2001), the Beloit Inn (now the Ironworks Hotel, 2003), Heritage View (2005), Phoenix Project (2013), Hotel Goodwin (2018), and the Wright & Wagner Lofts (2021).<ref>{{cite web| title=Wright and Wagner Lofts project looks to honor Beloit's past, build for the future|date=September 10, 2020 |url=https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/local-news/wright-and-wagner-lofts-project-looks-to-honor-beloits-past-build-for-the-future/article_1b01bbba-608d-52b4-859f-23e6e9976808.html}}</ref>

From the 1990s to 2011, downtown Beloit received direct public and private investment totaling more than $75 million.<ref name="Preservation Nation"/> In 2011, Beloit was a Great American Main Street Award winner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stewart|first=Erica|title=The 2011 Great American Main Street Award Winners: Places You'll Want to Know (and Visit!)|url=http://blog.preservationnation.org/2011/05/23/the-2011-great-american-main-street-award-winners-places-you%E2%80%99ll-want-to-know-and-visit/#.UkOmGmQ4Vrw|access-date=September 26, 2013|newspaper=PreservationNation Blog|date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131848/http://blog.preservationnation.org/2011/05/23/the-2011-great-american-main-street-award-winners-places-you%e2%80%99ll-want-to-know-and-visit/#.UkOmGmQ4Vrw|archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Beloit was listed #17 on ''[[Travel and Leisure]]''{{'}}s list of America's Greatest Mainstreets.<ref>{{cite web| title=America's Greatest Mainstreets 2012|url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-greatest-main-streets/17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Barry|title=Downtown Beloit an Emerging Destination|url=http://host.madison.com/news/local/on-wisconsin-beloit-s-downtown-an-emerging-destination/article_557b143b-29f4-5b59-9e54-809703f30212.html| newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>