First Green Bank to Open Ormond Beach, FL Branch Feb. 6; Jim Hester Named to Head New Office

 

MOUNT DORA, Fla. --- First Green Bank, which recently opened its award-winning headquarters facility in Mount Dora, will open a 5,000 square foot branch facility on Monday Feb. 6 at 175 W. Granada Blvd. in Ormond Beach.

Kenneth LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer of First Green Bank, said he appointed Jim Hester (top right photo) as market executive to head the branch facility.

Hester, a Volusia County native, earned his Business degree from the University of Central Florida and has more than 15 years of experience in community banking in Volusia County.

First Green Bank was named the region’s Green Business of the Year in 2011 by the Central Florida Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

First Green Bank’s new headquarters facility in Mount Dora is the second privately constructed building in Florida to meet the USGBC’s LEED Platinum standards for energy efficiency and environmental quality.

 For more information about this press release, contact:  

Jim Hester, Market Executive, First GREEN Bank, 386-804-6262 jim@firstgreenbank.com

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