Florida Banking December 2022/January 2023

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TD Bank Opens First Community-Centered Store in Jacksonville’s Normandy Neighborhood

T D Bank opened its newest store in Jacksonville’s Normandy neighborhood. This location represents the bank’s first community centered store, providing a dedicated space for community members and TD Bank colleagues to meet, educate and provide resources about financial health. The event included a ribbon cutting ceremony, opening remarks, a check presentation and a community event featuring music, games, a photo booth, food and prizes. TD Bank made dona t i ons to support LISC Jacksonville, a c ommu n i t y d e v e l o pme n t organization, Wealth Watchers, a housing counseling and community

Denise Boykins and Randy Estrada from TD Bank pose with representatives from LISC Jacksonville, Wealth Watchers, and JAX Chamber during the grand opening of TD Bank’s Normandy store.

Southbank), and it follows the opening of a new TD contact center in the city. The Normandy store also reflects TD’s commitment to open approximately 25 percent of new stores in LMI or majority-minority communities across its footprint.

development organization, and JAX Chamber, a business membership organization whose purpose is to drive economic growth in Northeast Florida. This will be TD’s fifth location in Jacksonville and the third to open in 2022 (Julington Creek and

Mainstreet Community Bank Participates in Fundraiser for Sebastian Strong Foundation

M ainstreet Community Bank participated in SebastianStrong’s SEBStember Banking for Hope campaign and presented a $2,500 donation to the organization. SebastianStrong is a 501c3 founded in 2017 to honor the life of Sebastian Ortiz (2000-2016) and

bank conferences to promote this worthy cause, and Mainstreet Community Bank was one of its first donors. As such, the bank management team fully supports the organization and its fundraising efforts. The bank matched employee donations and presented the $2,500 check to Ortiz.

his courageous 14-month battle with rhabdomyosarcoma. The SEBStember campaign helped increase awareness of childhood cancer while raising critically needed funds to support innovative childhood cancer research through employee and customer engagement. Mainstreet Community Bank CEO Ben Flowers and other members of senior management have been banking peers and friends of Sebastian’s father, Oscar Ortiz, for many years. Ortiz was active in the Florida Bankers Association with his company, Crowe, but has since left his position there to focus entirely on SebastianStrong. Ortiz now attends

Mainstreet Community Bank CEO Ben Flowers (fourth from left) presents Oscar Ortiz with a $2,500 donation to SebastianStrong.

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