In 1968, after completing a tour of duty in the army, Bill Galloway, who passed away in 2023, met Brenda at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Bill was from Pasadena, where his parents moved to pursue a better life when Bill was 14. Brenda married Bill, and they settled back in Pasadena. They agreed there was no place they would rather live.
Bill’s early career was in the banking industry, but he had purchased his first investment property at age 19. Eventually, he “took off his suit and gave up the company car” and started his own business, Summit Enterprises, named after the street where he and Benda purchased their first property together. Brenda joined him in the real estate business, “we would buy a place, fix it up, plant flowers, and make it feel like home for the residents.” The number of nonprofits doing good work in the community was also a strong draw for the couple. “There is a strong sense of community and people really get involved,” said Bill.
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