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Press Release
Fairfield County Bank
Corp. Celebrates Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony for New Operations Center
(left to right) Police Chief Richard Ligi; Paul S. McMamara,
Chairman of Fairfield County Bank; Fire Chief Heather Burford;
Sue Manning, Chairman of the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce and
a Fairfield County Bank Vice President; First Selectman Rudy
Marconi; Gary C. Smith, President and CEO of Fairfield County
Bank; Fire Marshal David Lathrop and Police Major John Roche.
November 16, 2006 - Fairfield County
Bank held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, November 15th
to celebrate the opening of its new Operations Center at 94 Danbury
Road in Ridgefield. The 40,000 square foot building is located
behind Starbucks and is accessible from the South Street Bypass and
Danbury Road.
The first floor of
the building brings together the many “back-office” operations of
the bank and will have approximately 80 employees. The departments
located at the Operations Center include Administration, Technology,
Operations, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Compliance/Audit,
and the bank’s Call Center. The second floor of the building is
comprised of 10 luxury apartments which are all rented. There is no
space available to rent on the first floor.
“With offices all
over Fairfield County, we could have opened the Operations Center in
another town, but we chose Ridgefield because it is the home of
Fairfield County Bank. The opening of the Operations Center has
retained 80 jobs in town and demonstrates our commitment to the
community. The building and all of our banking equipment will add to
the town’s non-residential tax base which is very important to all
taxpayers,” stated Gary Smith, President and CEO of Fairfield County
Bank.
Fairfield County
Bank, which has $1.37 billion in assets, includes the division of
Ridgefield Bank and operates 17 branches in eight markets;
Ridgefield, Georgetown, Wilton, Norwalk, Rowayton, Darien,
Fairfield, and Westport.
The Main Office
branch continues to operate at 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. The
bank’s other two Ridgefield branch locations at 374 Main Street and
Ancona’s Market at 720 Branchville Road continue to operate as full
service branches.
The new Operations Center is one of a number of strategies the bank
is implementing to support its continued growth. Fairfield County
Bank is considered a top performer and “high growth” bank by
industry experts who track financial performance. Fairfield County
Bank has had a “5-Star Superior” rating from BauerFinancial for
fourteen consecutive years.
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