My opinion is that we are absolutely the best. Towne Bank never opened a new branch unless and until the primaries, such as a branch manager, were hired and ready to go. Meikle says that every branch has been successful because of this way of setting them up. We don't do traffic studies and monitor income patterns and plant a branch based on numbers. Our style is 180 degrees from that.
Decisions are community-focused.
We promote from within. We make career opportunities available to those who are looking for them. A great deal of folks are refugees from other institutions. They like what we do. When it comes to hiring, we agonize over it.