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Reliance Bank Forms City Region Advisory Board
The board will assist Reliance in generating new lending and deposit opportunities in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS – Thomas H. Brouster, Sr., Chairman of Reliance Bank, is proud to announce the formation of the Reliance Bank City Region Advisory Board.
The members of this Advisory Board include the following business, governmental and non-profit leaders: Robert Boyle, President of Justine PETERSEN; Gail Brown, President of Brown-Kortkamp Realty; Stacy Edwards, Manager of Community Outreach and William J Harrison Education Center for St. Louis Community College; Amrit Gill, Owner of Restoration St. Louis; Brooks Goedeker, Executive Director of Park Central Development; Leonard Johnson, Deputy Chief of Staff at St. Louis City Treasurer’s Office; Will Jordan, President of Equal Housing Opportunity Council; Jessie Mueller, Owner of Rise Coffee Shop; Alison Nash, M.D., Pediatrician; and the Very Rev. Richard Potts, St. Alphonsus Rock Catholic Church.
“We are very pleased and honored to have this incredible group of leaders from the City of St. Louis as part of the Reliance Bank team,” Brouster said. “The City Region Advisory Board will greatly assist us in generating new lending and deposit opportunities in the City.”
The Bank plans to establish several local advisory boards throughout the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The purpose of these boards is to assist Reliance in building a strong brand awareness and increased market share in all of the markets that the Bank serves.
The inaugural meeting of the City Region Advisory Board was held immediately following the groundbreaking ceremony for Reliance’s first full service retail branch located in the City of St. Louis. This branch will be located in a fully renovated building at the corner of Tower Grove and Manchester in The Grove historic district.
In February Reliance Bank opened a loan production office located within the Justine PETERSEN building on N. Grand Boulevard. Justine PETERSEN is a nonprofit organization that is committed to assisting low-wealth individuals and small businesses in St. Louis to develop, maintain, and increase financial assets. Reliance hopes they can help create opportunities for people and their families that otherwise might not have been possible through this partnership with Justine PETERSEN.
About Reliance Bancshares, Inc.
Reliance Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is a Missouri bank holding company that provides a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers. The Company’s common stock is quoted on the Pink Sheets (www.pinksheets.com) under the symbol “RLBS.” It currently operates twenty branches and one loan production office (LPO) in the St. Louis metropolitan area and two branches in Fort Myers, Fla. under the name of Reliance Bank. The company’s total assets as of June 30, 2014 were approximately $1.08 billion. Reliance Bank’s website can be found at www.reliancebankstl.com.