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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. We spoke with four community banks in the southern half of Texas to learn how they are serving this buzzing region. By Mindy Charski.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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Ensure your community bank is inclusive

Independent Banker

This could be as simple as ensuring there are meat-free options for vegetarians at every company event, or as involved as establishing culturally specific employee resource groups. So, how can community banks build truly inclusive cultures, where everyone feels like they belong? Misti Stanton, Mercantile Bank. Quick Stat.

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A gift that will keep on giving

Independent Banker

“We wanted to celebrate by announcing a gift [for] our community to show our gratitude [for being able to] serve this community over 150 years and give back some of the profits we’ve accumulated over the years,” he says. Sicard’s family has a long history in Fort Smith and at the bank, having held leadership positions since 1907.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. Central Region Award Recipient. Merchants & Planters Bank. Bank assets: $250 million. Among many other activities, as a longtime board member of the Barret School of Banking in Memphis, Tenn.,

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities. What an amazing leadership story. merges with Lakeland Bancorp.

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