Capitol Bancorp Limited’s development initiatives in the Midwest Region started
in the spring of 2004. Our first objective was to establish banks near the two largest
towns in the region, St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri as well as in the major
university town of Lincoln, Nebraska. The most fundamental part of our initiative,
however, was to identify an exceptional banker, with a great reputation, rooted
in a promising community to lead a bank.
Our strategy has proven to be successful – each of our four bank presidents has
established bank operations in growing and vibrant communities. Belleville is located
twenty miles southeast of downtown St. Louis in what is referred to as “metro east,”
a rapidly growing north-south corridor of Illinois suburban communities. Home to
Summit Bank of Kansas City, one of the best family communities in Kansas City is
Lee’s Summit. Lincoln is steadily growing and is home to a population of over 250,000
residents, the University of Nebraska and the state capitol. Adams Dairy Bank was
founded in Blue Springs, a suburb of Kansas City with a population of 50,000, and
is on the cusp of growth with a new regional retail center in construction and a
500-acre bioscience campus in development.
We have enjoyed over four years of development in the Midwest and look forward to
building on this foundation.