Episode #120: Lowell Rolsky - Pro Care Horticultural Service

I was born in Kansas City Missouri. When I was 13 my father relocated to Indianapolis to become Superintend of Parks and Recreation for Indianapolis, IN. Three years later in March of 1972 my father quit that job and started Pro Care Landscapers. Within 3.5 years Pro Care Landscapers was doing the maintenance and landscaping for many of the downtown city parks he was responsible for as The city's Parks and recreation Superintendent.

Pro Care continued to grow and later transitioned the company name to Pro Care Horticultural Services as the services that we offered and provided to our customers continued to expand and we grew to more of a total service provider. Since I was 16 I worked for my father as the time allowed during school and through the summers. That continued all through college. I went to Indiana University with the intention of becoming a Dentist that specialized in either Orthodonture or Maxillary Surgery.

After graduating with a degree in Biology from IU, I learned that in order to specialize after 4 years of dental school I needed to finish in the top 2% of my class to have the opportunity to move forward with 4 more additional years of specialization. As a realist I figured my chances of finishing in the top 2% of the class was not that great. Besides that I had eight more years of school ahead of me, assuming I was lucky enough to finish in top 2% of my dental class. None of that sounded all that great, and by then I was kind of sick of school. While I was offered a job by Pfizer in Pharmaceutical Sales they presented themselves in a very selfish and self centered way and I declined their offer.

Along the way, while working at Pro Care, I had the opportunity to do everything from mowing grass, being a mechanic, digging holes, building all kinds of things like walls, patios, and structures including operating all kinds of equipment. I thought of myself as a jack of all trades, but master of none. With all that being said and a god given gift to be able to draw, I returned to Pro Care full time and never looked back. There is just something so incredibly special and rewarding about taking something from nothing and turning it into something truly amazing. The personal rewards have been endless. We have continued along this path for over 50 years with the knowledge and expectation that we are going to make mistakes and challenge ourselves everyday in ways that will make us better individually as well as a company. What's better than that???? 

 

Lowell Rolsky
Pro Care Horticultural Services
9801 Commerce Drive
Carmel IN 46032 
317-872-4800 Office 
317-871-5371 FAX
317-716-5293 Cell
https://procarelandscapers.com
https://www.houzz.com/pro/lowellatpro...
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