About us

Paul Pawlowski
Paul is founding Bolanos Bay Foundation with Michael and Kristine. He has been an entrepreneur his entire life. At the age of thirteen, Paul opened his own landscaping business, which would eventually hit nearly $5 million a year in revenue. Also at an early age Paul discovered his love for real estate and development.

In 2005 he opened Recess Management LLC. One hour into his first visit to Costa Rica, he purchased property there; his vacation home was completed five months later. After seeing the beauty and opportunity of Costa Rica, the landscape architect, real estate developer and adventure-lover conceived of his vision for Recreo.

Paul enlisted the assistance of his sister Krisitne Pawlowski and her husband Eduardo Rodriguez, in order to make his vision for Recreo into a reality. In 2002 Kristine moved to Costa Rica to teach English. During the day she taught at the local school, and at night held adult classes for the entire community. Within three short months of arriving in Costa Rica, Kristine became fluent in Spanish, and a respected community member. Within a year of moving to Costa Rica Kristine met and married her husband, Eduardo, who would also become an asset to Paul in creating Recreo.

Eduardo owns and operates their family construction company, who Paul contracted to build all the homes within Recreo. From the beginning Kristine and Eduardo have been influential in making Recreo a reality.

Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province proved the ideal spot, with its beautiful beaches and national parks, wildlife refuges, waterfalls and natural seclusion. In early 2007, a mutual friend introduced Pawlowski to finance professional Michael Porter, who was looking for his own 6-bedroom house in Costa Rica. Enthused by the area and by Pawlowski's vision, Porter came on board as partner to help Recreo become a reality.