Ready to go since 1952: honored as 2005 of the Year

摘要

As a young man, Tom Ready's ambition was to go away to college to become a certified public accountant and work Monday through Friday. The way it played out, he stayed close to home in La Crescent, MN, attended nearby University of Wisconsin La Crosse and spent summers driving school buses for his father, Joe Ready. The elder Ready started the business in 1952 with one school bus. Today, Ready Bus Line employs 85 and the fleet stands at 18 Van Hool and MCI motorcoaches, two MC1000s, along with the division of 50 yellow school buses. "In 1975, I was halfway through college when my dad tells me he has purchased a GMC motorcoach Clancy Cornell who founded ABC Companies," Ready recalls. "I been working seven days a week ever since."