"Hometown Banking At Its Best" is the tag line used in our advertising, and we feel strongly that it underscores our attitude toward customer service. We believe that a community bank should have the resources to provide all of the financial services expected of a full service bank. We also feel that it is our responsibility to provide well trained, experienced, knowledgeable employees who are dedicated to customer service as the key to our continued success. First Banking Center's mission statement indicates our commitment to our employees and our customers…

"… provide quality products and services to our customers, a professional, friendly working environment for our employees, and support to the communities in which we do business."

"We believe that banking is essentially all about people, an attitude that we must embrace if we are to effectively serve the economic interest of our communities and shareholders," says our CEO, Brant Chappell. It's our employees living and working, raising their families, being involved in activities and services, in each of the communities we serve. It's "recycling" money within each community. As an independent community bank, we enjoy the advantage of local decision making.