Haines bought the Cool Ray (Atlanta) business out of Blue Dot in 2003

After Blue Dot's parent went bankrupt, Ken Haines bought the Cool Ray Atlanta HVAC business from his employer in 2003 (then doing roughly $5M).

“And so I ended up buying the business from my employer in 2003.”

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