leaving it available for him to reclaim on
April 29, 2005 – the day he looks upon as a
rebirth.
“You can be a believer or not be a believer,
but one thing we can agree upon is that the
one thing we’re going to take to our grave is
our name.Nothing else,”Bott said.
“So when you start taking a look at the
stewardship of your time, your talent and
your financial resources , the most
important aspect of life is your name. My
father reminded me many years ago to take
good care of the family name. I had the
money because I live modestly. God called
and I answered the phone. The best thing I
could do for my
community was to invest in
GrandRapids.”
May 2014
| BusinessWorld | 141
