Liberty Bank Celebrates 10th Anniversary in Style

Liberty Bank Celebrates a Decade of Community Service and Pledges More to Come

In July, 2005, Liberty Bank for Savings opened its first new branch in 20 years in Park Ridge. The new location was its fifth bank with others being located in Chicago and on the northwest side. In addition to celebrating its 117th year in business, the bank recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Park Ridge branch.

Liberty is giving away ten $1,000 educational scholarships as part of the celebration. Interested parties can fill out a simple registration form at 1018 Touhy Avenue, Park Ridge, during business hours. A drawing for winners will be held in early January. For scholarship information visit https://goo.gl/qC1s8i

On Dec. 17, the anniversary party at the branch hosted VIPs from the bank and the community including Acting Mayor Marty Maloney, local business leaders, news media and bank customers. An estimated 100+ enjoyed food, beverages, live music and raffles. All raffle proceeds benefitted the Park Ridge Community Fund. Two of the most popular raffle items were original paintings by Park Ridge Artist Mary Murphy.

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L to r, Liberty President Bill Smigiel, Acting Park Ridge Mayor Marty Maloney, and Asst. VP/Branch Manager Jaime Roman.

L to r, Gail Haller, Executive Director of the Park Ridge Chamber, Artist Mary Murphy, and Kevin Tynan, Sr. Vice President with Liberty Bank with one of the two Murphy paintings.

Karen Larsen, owner of Generation Connection, buys what turned out to be winning raffle tickets. Larsen won one of the oil paintings by Mary Murphy.

L to r, Acting Mayor Marty Maloney of Park Ridge visits with Alexander Barton, President of the Barton Marketing Group (BMG). BMG has provided marketing and public relations services for Liberty Bank since 2004 including pre-opening and the Grand Opening where a new Jeep Liberty and a trip to New York’s Statue of Liberty were given as drawing prizes.