By Tina Alvey
LEWISBURG — Celebrating the grand opening of a new full-service branch facility last week, First National Bank president and CEO Renee Shepko exuded optimism.
Standing in the gleaming lobby of the newly remodeled space, Shepko said, “Our new building provides us with a lot of space for expansion.”
The 12,000-square-foot building, which housed a Dollar General Store and a Rite-Aid in recent years, is now home to a teller line, customer waiting area with television, eight offices and three additional staff work areas, a conference room, an ATM, two drive-through lanes and a pair of night depositories. Custom woodwork in the facility was crafted locally by Greenbrier Architectural Woodwork.
“Everything we do goes back to all the communities we serve,” Shepko noted. “With this facility, we are able to better serve our existing customers and attract new customers.”
This is the sixth First National office, joining locations in Ronceverte, a second branch on Lewisburg’s northern corridor, White Sulphur Springs and Virginia offices in Covington and Hot Springs.
The new downtown branch, located next to the post office on East Washington Street, boasts lobby hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, with drive-through hours starting at 7:30 a.m. each day.
First National was established as a community bank in 1888.
— E-mail: talvey@register-herald.com
