Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 11

138 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 11 F lint Community Bank opened its doors on February 3, 2006, unknowingly on the brink of tumultuous financial times in the nation. When current CEO Scott Tomlinson and now-President Frank Griffin started the bank back then, they didn’t feel that Albany needed another bank but that it needed another good bank and one that set itself apart. As Tomlinson, recounts, “We started out as a brand-new organization with 15 organizers, right on the precipice of a tough and challenging economy for the next three or four years. But we worked hard and prayed hard every day and were blessed to be able to recruit a good strong team, and that has continued today. Albany, Georgia is, for the most part, a slow- growth market, so we’ve had to work hard and try to outpace our competition to get any new business that comes to town.” Flint is a community bank in every sense of the word – locally owned and managed since inception. A small, dedicated community bank that does commercial business – meaning small businesses and professionals, not larger industry FLINT COMMUNITY BANK Blessed to Serve