Lynn Smith's Blog – September 2012 Archive (3)

As many of you know, I will be retiring effective October 31 and moving back to the Boston area.  The past three and a half years have been challenging, frustrating, rewarding, wonderful, heartbreaking, amazing -- you name it!  From the daunting task of building a community bank from the ground up, to the agonizing wait to be chartered, to finally opening the doors and feeling the welcome from the community -- it's the hardest work I have ever done, and the most rewarding.  I often say my…

Sep 21, Friday night, 6:25p, leaving the ARTE exhibit at Grand and Front, walking back to my place -- two dirt bikes come screaming around the corner off the bridge and onto Front Street,  At Exchange they were both doing wheelies, weaving around cars and scaring the hell out of people.  It appeared to me that the drivers were wearing white masks.  I managed to take a quick snapshot with my camera, but they were going so fast I only got part of the image I wanted.  I did report…

Start Community Bank was delighted to been recognized by Business New Haven for the work we are doing in our community.  Now, it's a mystery to me that as everything on my body is sagging and drooping I am named a Rising Star -- but the spirit is ALWAYS rising even if body parts are not.

In any event, we are delighted to receive so many pieces of good news this month - first this award, and then an award from the Chamber of Commerce for our nonprofit partnership with Solar…