FIRST GREEN BANK PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO U.S. GREEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MOUNT DORA, Fla. --- Kenneth LaRoe, president of First Green Bank in Mount Dora, spoke to the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce in Orlando recently.

LaRoe told the group that the U.S. banking industry faces many challenges, including environmental leadership.

“Clearly America’s banking industry is behind the times on environmental issues,” LaRoe said. “At First Green Bank, one of our missions is to help eliminate that conservation gap,” he said.

First Green Bank is ranked as one of the most environmentally “green” banks in the U.S., according to the American Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America.

First Green Bank opened in 2009 and has a branch in Ormond Beach in addition to Clermont. Its Mount Dora headquarters, opened late last year, is the second privately constructed building in Florida to qualify for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum certification for energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.