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| Ken Laroe (left) and Paul Rountree |
Mount Dora, Fla. --- Sustainable Florida, an independent
non-profit organization that promotes efforts to preserve Florida’s environment
while building markets for Florida’s businesses, has presented First Green Bank
of Mount Dora with its Sustainable Green Building Award.
Kenneth LaRoe, chairman of First Green Bank, said the Sustainable
Green Building Award recognizes the pioneering role the bank has played in
developing its headquarters facility on U.S. 441 in Mount Dora---the second
privately owned commercial building in Florida, and the first of two in Lake
County to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum Standard for
sustainability and energy efficiency.
“Our mission is to
encourage more sustainable communities that can rebuild our economy from the
ground up,” LaRoe said.
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| First Green Bank, Mount Dora, FL |
First Green Bank was
named one of America’s Greenest Banks by the American Banking Association and
the Independent Bankers Association.
A recent survey of
7,300 U.S. banks by MSN.com ranked First Green Bank one of the 359 safest banks
in America and the only Central Florida bank to earn that distinction.
For more information about this press release, contact:
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
