. >> diane hendricks is one of the town leaders making this possible. >> we can't fix downtown without jobs. >> as a key actor in the local business community, she wants her energy and her money to do more than rehab a few old buildings. she wants to rehab the town's whole economy. >> not just build the buildings and make it look pretty, but put lives in there. >> she and her late husband ken made billions in the construction supply industry. they then applied their skills and millions of their own dollars into buying up many of those neglected buildings. today she and the town are bringing in tech industry tenants to replace the long-gone manufacturers. >> the town is transitioning. it's going through a digital transformation. you know, we're literally in the remnants of a factory. and now we have people programming software code. >> troy is part of that transition. as a tech start-up investor, he says the developing beloit economy is itself a kind of start-up. >> we're really creating, i think, a vibrant start-up hub that's going to only increase in prominence. >> we've got new resta