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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 66
BY SENATOR APPEL
A RESOLUTION
To commend Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company upon its twenty-fifth anniversary.
WHEREAS, in 1883, when Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company was originally
founded as American Savings, banking was more about talking directly to customers and
building lasting trust in a customer service driven industry; and
WHEREAS, on June 11, 1990, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company opened its doors
by taking over American Savings as well as Security Homestead Deposits, Southern Savings
& Loan, and Columbia Homestead; and
WHEREAS, led by President and Chief Executive Officer Guy T. Williams and
businessman Dieter Hugel, the team of investors shared a vision to build a bank that adheres
to past principles of serving customers combined with modern day banking technologies;
and
WHEREAS, over the past twenty-five years, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company has
grown to include eighteen retail branch locations in five southeast Louisiana parishes, and
has become one of the largest mortgage lenders in Louisiana that continues to help
customers achieve the American dream of home ownership; and
WHEREAS, the bank's factoring division, Gulf Coast Business Credit operates in
numerous states, giving businesses around the country needed access to capital for growth
and stability; and
WHEREAS, for many years, Gulf Coast Bank has been named by the United States
Small Business Administration (SBA) as one of the top SBA Lenders in Louisiana for
assisting small businesses in turning their good ideas into realities; and
WHEREAS, to boost community-support efforts, there are 385 Gulf Coast Bank &
Trust Company employees working to support nonprofit organizations awarding more than
fifty thousand dollars annually to various charities; and
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WHEREAS, Gulf Coast Bank employees also facilitated fundraising for selected
nonprofits including the Leukemia Cup Regatta, which raises money to increase awareness
and research for leukemia by selling paper sailboats at all branch locations, with all proceeds
going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; and
WHEREAS, today, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company has assets of more than 1.25
billion dollars, and continues to grow and expand its services by offering customers
advanced consumer products, commercial loans, small business loans, mortgages, wealth
management, retirement planning, trust services, mobile banking, and more.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company upon its twenty-fifth anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Kim
Carver, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company Human Resource Director and Vice President
of Government Relations.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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