First Green Bank Names Architect for Winter Park, FL Branch; Sets Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening for New Orlando Branch in April

Kenneth LaRoe

MOUNT DORA, FL --- First Green Bank with headquarters in Mount Dora and branches in Downtown Orlando, Clermont and Ormond Beach, recently appointed the Orlando architectural firm of VOA Associates to draw up building and site plans for a Winter Park branch.

Kenneth LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer at First Green Bank, said the Winter Park branch will open by the end of the third quarter of this year.

“We can’t be specific on the location because the transaction has not closed,” LaRoe said, adding that the site us under contract.

First Green Bank Headquarters, Mount Dora, FL

Meanwhile, LaRoe said ribbon cutting for the downtown Orlando branch on Orange Ave. will be held April 11 with ceremonies starting at 6 p.m.

LaRoe said loan volume at First Green Bank in January soared over $10 million and February is on track to be a record month.

In 2012, First Green Bank broke records for assets and loan volume with assets totaling more than $200 million and loan volume at $151 million.

First Green Bank‘s headquarters in Mount Dora ranks as one of the few commercial buildings in Florida to earn the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum certification. The firm was also named one of the nation’s greenest banks by the American Bankers Association.

Contacts:

Kenneth E. LaRoe, CEO and Chairman, First GREEN Bank, 352-483-9100, ken@firstgreenbank.com

Paul Rountree, President, First GREEN Bank, 352-483-9100, paul@firstgreenbank.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 or 407-461-3780, lvershelco@aol.com