COMMUNITY BANKING MONTH The Heartbeat of Local Economies: 10 Reasons Why Community Banks Matter In an era where large financial institutions are seen everywhere, community banks stand out as the unsung heroes of local economies. Smaller, regionally focused banks play a pivotal role in fostering financial stability and growth. Here […]
How Shopping Local Impacts Your Community – Tinsel Town Oconee Chamber of Commerce hosts many different community events throughout the year. As the holidays are on the horizon, their next event will be one for the books! Introducing, drum roll please….. Tinsel Town at Hadden Estate! A one stop shop […]
This week’s edition of Beyond the Cupola features guest writers, Sara Dunn & Haley Reed. Sara and Haley discuss our new OSB program, Retail Gives, and the tremendous impact it has already had on the lives of those within our community. Being essential to the communities we serve, marking lives […]
In our culture going into debt is easier than ever before. These days we can get financing for just about anything. You can finance a car. You can finance a laptop. You can even finance a blender if you wanted to. And then there are credit cards. Today its […]
This week’s edition of Beyond the Cupola features Daniel Parker, a banker at Oconee State Bank. Daniel shares his experience following his college graduation as he searched for a career. What Daniel found instead was another home. Here at OSB, we talk frequently about how much we value our people, […]
This week’s edition of Beyond the Cupola features Josh Collins, the assistant VP of Culture here at Oconee State Bank. Recently Josh was challenged to something he never thought he would do: jump out of a perfectly working airplane and freefall through the sky. The problem? Josh is terrified of […]
This week on Beyond the Cupola we feature Jennifer Rudd, an IT Specialist here at Oconee State Bank. Like many of us, Jennifer finds value in doing things herself. She enjoys working on personal DIY projects to add a little flair to her home. Today Jennifer will be showing us […]
Remarkably Local Why Banking Local Matters We’ve all heard of the importance of shopping local. We’ve seen signs, commercials, and ads asking people like you and I to spend our dollars investing in the community. And it’s true. Spending money at local businesses helps to reinvest back into the community, […]
Oconee State Bank’s (OSB) Green Committee is dedicated to educating and supporting our team members to practice more environmentally sustainable habits and to be good stewards of our precious natural resources. We have partnered with Keep Oconee County Beautiful to provide aluminum can recycling containers at each Financial Center, and […]