Two Local Bankers File Application
for New Community Bank in Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS,
Colo.: February
3, 2005 – Local bankers Gerard Nalezny and
Mark Kross today announced they have filed an
application to organize a community bank in Fort
Collins, Colorado. Fort Collins Commerce Bank
(in organization) will be located at 3700 South
College Avenue in the old Palmer Florist building.
Nalezny brings
20 years of financial services experience to this
new venture. Most recently he was president of
Community First National Bank of Fort Collins/Greeley.
He has been in banking in Colorado for more than
10 years and also worked with Key Bank in various
capacities throughout the country with a focus
on commercial lending. Nalezny holds a bachelor’s
degree in economics from Carleton College in Minnesota.
“It is
the right time to bring this type of banking to
Fort Collins,” said Nalezny. “Both
Mark and I believe that the keys to success in
any business, including banking, are the 3 P’s-
people, place and partners. With our location
in Fort Collins, we have place dialed in and we
are close to finalizing our key people and partners.”
Kross joins
Fort Collins Commerce Bank (in organization) from
Community First National Bank where he was senior
vice president and senior lender for the bank
in Northern Colorado. He spent six years with
Bank of Colorado, during which time he served
as branch president and director, and worked with
Hewlett-Packard as a senior financial analyst
for several years. Kross holds an MBA from the
University of Denver and a bachelor’s of
business administration from the University of
Iowa.
“There
is tremendous opportunity to provide a high-touch,
relationship-based banking experience to people
in Fort Collins,” said Kross. “We
intend to be an integral part of this community
and that means we will make our loan decisions
here, draw our directors and staff from the community
and will continue our involvement in community
and civic groups.”
Fort Collins
Commerce Bank (in organization) will focus on
providing personalized banking services to small
to medium-sized business owners, real estate professionals
and individuals within Fort Collins and the surrounding
communities via a full range of loan and deposit
products.
“Our
strategy is simple. We will do the right thing
for our customers, our employees, our community
and our shareholders,” said Nalezny.
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