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GREAT COMMUNITIES AND CAREERS A future in management, varied schedules and even discounted rent are some of the perks at this company LINDSEY MANAGEMENT CO., INC. (LINDSEY) is one of the largest property management firms in the state providing management services to over 160 apartment communities and 43 golf courses across Arkansas and the Mid-South. It takes a team of community directors, resident managers, leasing consultants, maintenance technicians, golf course managers and staff, a corporate support staff and others to deliver a country club lifestyle for residents and golf club members. Colby Wilcox is a community director at one of the multi-million dollar, 528-unit apartment communities for which Lindsey provides management services. Wilcox grew up in Elkins, and he started 56 | FAYETTEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE working part-time at the Links at Springdale Golf & Country Club Pro Shop when he was in high school. “I needed a job and saw they were hiring, so I applied before I graduated from high school and worked there over the summer,” he recalls. Wilcox started college in the fall but discovered that wasn’t the path for him. “I started classes at Arkansas Tech University, but I didn’t enjoy it and realized college wasn’t for me,” he explains. Wilcox returned to work at the pro shop but didn’t stay there long. “A job opened up for a leasing consultant at the Links at Springdale Apartments. The community director thought I would be a good fit and offered me the job,” Wilcox says. He took the opportunity and excelled at his new position.