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Century National Bank breaks ground

| May 19, 2017
Century National Bank officers broke ground at the Third Street site of an additional $1.2 million dollar branch office in Coshocton on Friday morning, May 19 with city officials and members of the community applauding the expansion. Left to right; Bruce Widder, Architect, BA Widder Architectural Services, Craig Baldwin, Baldwin Construction, Bob Bigrigg, Vice-President, Century National Bank, Tom Lyall, Chairman of the Board, Century National Bank, Beccy Porteus, Vice-President, Northern Division of Century National Bank and Pat Nash, President & CEO of Century National Bank. Mark Fortune | Beacon

Century National Bank officers broke ground at the Third Street site of an additional $1.2 million dollar branch office in Coshocton on Friday morning, May 19 with city officials and members of the community applauding the expansion. Left to right; Bruce Widder, Architect, BA Widder Architectural Services, Craig Baldwin, Baldwin Construction, Bob Bigrigg, Vice-President, Century National Bank, Tom Lyall, Chairman of the Board, Century National Bank, Beccy Porteus, Vice-President, Northern Division of Century National Bank and Pat Nash, President & CEO of Century National Bank. Mark Fortune | Beacon

COSHOCTON – Century National Bank, a division of The Park National Bank, had a groundbreaking ceremony on its future additional site on Third Street in Coshocton on Friday, May 19.

“We couldn’t do this without our customers in Coshocton,” said Beccy Porteus, vice president of Century National Bank. “We hope to better serve them in this location as well as our other location in the plaza.”

The bank has outgrown its current location on Second Street in the Downtowner Plaza and has been looking to expand to an additional location for some time.

“Beccy has done a great job bringing locations for us to look at,” said Pat Nash, president and CEO of the company. “These are the communities we want to grow in because the needs are the same regardless of the market size. We couldn’t support and serve all of our customers in our current location. We are happy to have folks on our team to put us in this situation that we had to grow.”

The property will support a 3,500 square foot building with room to grow in the future if need be. It will be a full-service bank with a drive-thru and ATM service.

“We’ve run out of space in our office with the increase in our customer base,” said Porteus. “This location is very close to downtown and the ingress and egress of traffic is excellent with people coming in from out of town.”

The architect for the new bank will be Bruce Widder of BA Widder Architectural Services and Craig Baldwin from Baldwin Construction will be the builder. The bank is hoping to open its doors in October.

“On behalf of the city, we are thrilled with the investment you’re making in our city,” said Mayor Steve Mercer. “I consider this particular project the nucleus of this particular area of town. I want to thank everybody who was involved with Century for what you’ve done.”

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I started my journalism career in 2002 with a daily newspaper chain. After various stops with them, I am happy to be back home! I graduated from Coshocton High School in 1998 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication in 2002 from Walsh University. I also earned several awards while working for daily papers, including being honored by Coshocton County’s veterans for the stories I wrote about them. I am honored and ready to once again shine a positive light on Coshocton County. I also am the proud mother of a little girl named Sophia!

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