Union Savings Bank vice president named to Torrington “Downtown” Advisory Committee

[Danbury, Conn., February 28, 2013] – Union Savings Bank is pleased to announce that Gina B. Scherbner, Vice President and Business Development Officer, has been selected to join the newly formed “Come Home to Downtown” Advisory Committee.  She will work alongside the Mayor of the City of Torrington, President of the Northwest CT Chamber of Commerce, the City Planner, Economic Development Officer and other local business leaders representing a cross-section of the downtown interests. 

Come Home to Downtown is a mixed-use real estate planning pilot program, which will provide selected communities with new tools to strengthen economic health and restore vitality to their downtown areas.  Torrington was one of five communities selected for the program and will work in conjunction with the CT Main Street Center, based in Hartford, through Summer 2013 to explore ways to develop new strategies to respond to changing demographics and market dynamics. 

The committee will meet on a regular basis throughout the duration of the program.  Support from the local planning staff and economic development professionals in the form of access to relevant plans, studies, GIS information and data and insights into the community and state-of-the-art downtown development will aid the group in forming accurate results and final recommendations for the public. 

Scherbner has over 14 years in the banking industry.  As vice president, business development officer for Union Savings Bank, she is responsible for generating business in the Bank’s Torrington and Litchfield markets.  She resides in Torrington with her husband and two children, and is actively involved in the Litchfield Area Business Association, the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC) and serves as a corporator for the Northwest YMCA.

About Union Savings Bank

Established in 1866 and headquartered in Danbury, Conn., Union Savings Bank is a $2.5 billion mutual bank dedicated to being the bank of choice in western Connecticut. As a full-service financial institution, Union Savings Bank provides banking, mortgage, investment, trust and insurance products throughout western Connecticut with 29 offices in Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canton, Danbury, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Marble Dale, Monroe, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Sharon, Southbury, Torrington and Washington Depot. The bank provides financial services to individuals, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government entities through its commercial, residential and consumer lending, corporate services, retail banking and wealth management divisions.

For more information, please visit unionsavings.com, and connect with the bank on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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