Even a historic recession and the closing of a huge automotive plant in the heart of its trade area couldn’t stop Fanning Excavating.The third-generation company in Janesville, Wisconsin, now 69 years old, slowed down for a while but switched gears, augmenting its onsite installation business with more septic system pumping and service work. The business recovered as the general economy improved and as new and growing business slowly restored local jobs.Roger Fanning Jr., who owns the company with cousin Don Fanning, admits it may be a long time before the return of prosperous times to rival the 1990s, when crews
