Mansfield's Pro Auto an American Dream
Mansfield icon owner shares his story of hard work and perseverance.
Lifetime (and now part-time) Mansfield resident Nick Anagnos has been told he needs to retire. His business, The Pro’s Care Complex on Route 106 just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, and he’s still kicking. “I’m as retired as I want to be,” he said. Anagnos lives his winters in Florida now, but lived in Mansfield his whole life. He started his business as a tire retreading company on Sept. 1, 1958 on Shawmut Avenue. He went the National Mansfield Bank (now Bank of America) across the street from his soon to be business and got a loan. The business has moved around a bit since then. In 1963 he bought the block of buildings that would become his business’s current home. From there, he started a company that would become a Mansfield …
