In January 1995, Bridgepoint, a national distributor of carpet care products, opened a branch facility in Nashville. Over the next 5 months, Jim was able to acquire the equipment, supplies and some certification classes through Bridgepoint. He also hired his first employee who was attending one of the classes during that same time.

In June 1995, Pro-Care served its first customer, and by the end of the year 2000, its fifth year in business, the client list had grown to more than 800.

Starting in the fourth year of operations, in keeping with Jim’s five-year business plan, he was openly looking for the right person to take over Pro-Care. At that time he met John R Browning, III who had recently established his own fledgling carpet care company. Before John started Browning Carpet Cleaning Inc., in July 1997, most of his experience came from working in his father’s carpet care business. John purchased Pro-Care in February 1999, which allowed him to secure the experience of trained technicians as well as an established customer base. Jim was satisfied that he had found someone who would practice the same high quality and honest business principles he himself had fostered since Pro-Care’s beginning, five years earlier.

After the sale, Jim continued to work with John as a consultant through the year 2000, introducing John to customers as their need for services arose.

John has continued the successful growth of Pro-Care. Pro-Care is also recognized throughout the country as one of the most educated, experienced and organized floor care companies. John continues to be invited each year to participate in training sessions, brain storming sessions and seminars with the leaders in our industry.

Every day soil is naturally absorbed into the center of the wool fiber, hiding the dirt from the naked eye. Often consumers don’t realize their rug is dirty because they can’t see it. Unlike a typical fabric protector that only “coats” the fiber and then breaks up easily, MicroSeal penetrates the wool fiber to its inner cortex and protects it from the inside out. Not only from permanent stains and wear, but also from sun fade damage (nearly 100% on most fabrics according to 25 years of field and laboratory testing).

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]]> http://procareofnashville.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=215 0 http://procareofnashville.com/blog/?p=213 http://procareofnashville.com/blog/?p=213#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:11:09 +0000 admin http://procareofnashville.com/blog/?p=213 Continue reading →]]> Ruth Travis, known as the “Rug Lady”, holds a B.S. in Textiles from the University of Tennessee and brings a unique perspective as a professional fabric care and rug store business owner to Pro-Care. Ruth not only has over 20 years experience but also owned a retail rug store and operated a fine fabric care service company for 13 years in Chattanooga, TN. She performed carpet and rug cleaning, upholstery cleaning, fiber and fabric protection, carpet inspection and color correction services for interior designers, carpet mills and a variety of other clients. After selling her share of the business to her partner in 2001, Ruth shifted her focus to training and instructing others in the fabric care industry. She has traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad teaching and sharing her knowledge with cleaners, inspectors, retailers, designers and restorers.

Ruth is the immediate Past President/Chairman of the IICRC (Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification) and holds the IICRC-Master Textile Cleaner designation.

Ruth is an active volunteer in the cleaning, restoration and inspection industry. In addition to her position as President/Chair, she served as the IICRC Marketing Committee Chair and is the past Chair of IICRC’s Color Repair Committee. She is also a member of the IICRC Rug Cleaning Technician and IICRC S-100 Carpet Cleaning Standard Committees. She currently serves as the chair of the Senior Carpet Inspector Committee.

Ruth also served as President of the Society of Cleaning and Restoration Technicians for several terms.

After fulfilling her responsibilities as President of the IICRC from 2006 to 2008, Ruth was named the Director of the WoolSafe Organization in North America. Ruth’s experience and wealth of knowledge of textiles added to Pro-Care’s combinded 40 years of on-location cleaning know how, makes Pro-Care the most professional rug and fabric care company in Middle Tennessee.

Call Pro-Care to schedule an appointment at 615-221-4100 or visit our web site.