Bank of Feather River opened for business November 6, 2007. Ten days later, more than 200 business and community leaders joined our founding team members for the bank’s grand opening celebration.
The alliance with a Capitol Bancorp affiliate bank as a loan production office during the bank’s organizational phase allowed us to maintain and renew associations with long-time customers.
| We have a veteran team of local community bankers…some of us have been financing the local agricultural industry for 20 years. |
We have a veteran team of local community bankers in a market that is semi-rural and heavily agricultural. Some of us have been financing the local agricultural industry for 20 years. All of our team members have at least 10 years of experience and have worked together previously. We feel this local experience provides an exceptional advantage for our new bank.
We expect big things in 2008 and for years and decades to come. Our market is solid and growing. Bank of Feather River soon will be moving into a new building at a new location. This move will give us an opportunity to hold an open house and communicate our story to an ever-growing group of clients and prospects. This event will have special importance to both our team and the community since our new office will be located in a new, landmark building for the community. It is located in the heart of the commercially developing area of Yuba City. We will have good signage, high visibility and great traffic flow.
At this time our team, many of which have been involved in community events and service projects for many years, are now doing so under the banner of Bank of Feather River. So while we know our extracurricular work is benefiting deserving families and organizations, the publicity is also benefiting the bank and our shareholders.
The entire staff is extremely enthusiastic about the future of the Bank of Feather River. By serving the agricultural industry and the innovative entrepreneurs who are launching new businesses to serve our expanding community, we anticipate strong and steady growth for the distant future.
— Scott R. Andrews, Chairman