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Rizzo Pool Proudly Celebrating 55th Anniversary
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Join us as Rizzo Pool celebrates it's 55th anniversary!
Started in 1955 by founder and President Al Rizzo, the Rizzo Pool Company marks its 55th year in business this year. In the tradition of successful family-owned businesses, Rizzo started small. Fueled by the owner’s vision and determination, the company has grown to become one of the largest in its field, respected locally and nationally as an industry leader.
Rizzo Pool traces its beginnings back to a general construction company founded by Albert Rizzo Senior in 1929. At the time of his father’s retirement in 1952, Albert Rizzo Jr. decided to go into the construction business on his own and continue the tradition started by his father years earlier.
The company began as a small operation in West Hartford, later moving to its current location on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington. This location serves as company headquarters today.
Rizzo began constructing in-ground concrete pools at a time when the pool industry was still in its infancy. Rizzo Pool has been the leader and innovator of all methods of in-ground pools and decks. As pools grew in popularity, Rizzo fulfilled the need for aftermarket products and services.
As part of the industry growth, Rizzo developed the first local in-house training program for pool servicemen and craftsmen. In the early 1970s, Rizzo developed the first hands-on pool service training school and co-authored the first formal service training manual. Rizzo is a co-author, along with the committee (the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals) of the "Residential Pool and Spa Builders Reference Manual," considered throughout the world as the industry "bible".
The company's motto is "Perfection is our Tradition," and according to Rizzo, "Our commitment is to make sure that every pool built by this company lives up to that tradition."