Published: Monday, November 9, 2020
Published: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Greg Bowers was mowing a customer’s grass in 1990 when he
was asked if he would like to interview for a job at a local
Pinch-A-Penny. Bowers showed up to the
interview, aced it, and was offered a job on the spot. The 19-year-old, at the time, accepted the
offer and eventually started working at the Pinch-A-Penny location in Orange
Park, Fl.
Published: Thursday, October 24, 2019
Laura Castanza, the
Director of Education for the Team Horner Group, had a unique introduction to
the pool industry at a young age.
“My father has been an
inventor and formulator of swimming pool surfaces for decades,” said Laura, “As
a family, we spent most of our time in and around water.”
The South Florida
native watched her dad become increasingly fascinated by cements and
aggregates, and resolute in applying them as swimming pool
finishes. It was only a matter
of time before she would contribute.
Published: Thursday, October 10, 2019
Ray Kurilavicius isn’t a stranger to blue collar work, he’s done it all. He started off as an automotive technician and eventually worked as a marine repairman, diesel mechanic, propane technician and then a CDL driver.
That experience Ray was accumulating in his professional life would lead him to an opportunity to work on pools early on in the 90s.
Published: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Holly Waldhauer, from Chicago, knew nothing about swimming pools or the industry. In the early 2000s she decide to quit her job and join a friend in Florida who was installing pool tile. It was a niche job which Holly had absolutely zero experience in. Some would look at a move like that as a risk.
“I was only 22,” said Holly. “When I made that choice, I was young. I wasn’t scared at all.”