After a well-attended Open House on Thursday evening, October 28th, First Bank & Trust Company continued to celebrate the opening of its new location at 17011 Forest Road in Forest with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Friday, October 29th. 

Chamber President Susan Martin opened the ceremonies with congratulations to First Bank & Trust on this occasion and remarked that this was the 55th ribbon cutting ceremony in which the Bedford Area Chamber has taken part this year to date.  Christine Kennedy, Lynchburg Regional Chamber, also welcomed First Bank & Trust to its new location.  Cary Wrenn, Vice President, (pictured with scissors) concluded the ceremony by introducing the bank’s staff and the attending bank dignitaries who also spoke briefly.

First Bank and Trust Co. is a Virginia based community bank with 22 offices and over one billion dollars in assets. The bank has been ranked in the Top 15 Community Banks in the U.S. in each of the last 3 years.