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CNB Bank & Trust to Launch Palos Heights Location

The location is set to open later this month, at 127th and Ridgeland Avenue.

CNB Bank & Trust this month will swing open the doors ofΒ a new location, atΒ 12727 S. Ridgeland Ave.Β in Palos Heights.Β 

Palos Heights Mayor Bob Straz will lead the 3,000-square-foot, full-serviceΒ branch as Market President, alongside Vice PresidentΒ Greg Paetow and Assistant Vice President.Β 

Straz brings years of banking experience in the area, saidΒ Andrew Tinberg, Regional PresidentΒ of CNB. He has also shown his commitment to the Palos area with his involvement in the Sertoma Centre, Rotary, and Saint Alexander Parish, among other organizations.

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β€œThe opportunity to open a new facility was finalized when CNB was able to hireΒ Bob StrazΒ as Market President," Tinberg said in an earlier announcement.Β 

CNB began its expansion into Chicagoland after an apparent downturn in smaller, community banks, Tinberg said.Β 

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"We saw an opportunity to bring community banking bank," he added. "We're the 'small community bank that could.'"

Lauded as the state's oldest bank, CNB was chartedΒ in 1854, with the first location in Carlinville.

The Palos Heights location isΒ set in a strip mall near Palos Prime Meats. It offers a full-service drive-thru, in addition to a 24-hour ATM.Β Β 

The branchΒ is the bank's 13th. Others include:Β Alton, Brighton, Carlinville, Carrollton, Clayton-MO, Hillsboro, Jacksonville, Jerseyville, Oak Forest, Pittsfield, Shipman, and Taylorville.Β 

CNB offers a variety ofΒ traditional banking services,Β including numerous deposit accounts, along with commercial and consumer loans.Β 

For more information about CNB or its many banking services, visit its website, or call the Oak Forest facility atΒ 708-535-8905.

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