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It was renamed as The Mechanics Bank in 1907. Shortly after it was renamed, Edward M. Downer joined the organization, and by 1919 he had purchased a controlling interest and soon became president. E.M. Downer (1869–1938) was a prominent official in the town of Pinole who created the "Bank of Pinole", the precursor to Mechanics Bank. [5]
The bank was founded in 1877 as Mechanics' Co-operative Bank. [1] In 1986, the bank became insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. [1] In 2007, the bank acquired Bridgewater Cooperative Bank. [2] In 2008, the bank acquired Lafayette Federal Savings Bank. [3] In 2011, the bank reorganized into a mutual organization. [1]
In the 1990s, Star Wars comics artist Chris Fenoglio was raised in El Sobrante. [29] Other notable residents include artist's model Flo Allen, who died while living in El Sobrante. [30] As well as pioneering hypertext author Judy Malloy who lived in El Sobrante from 1995 [31] to 2013, [32] [33] and wrote much of her work while living there.
El Sobrante (pronounced [el soˈβɾante]; Spanish for 'The Leftovers', 'The Surplus', 'The Remaining Land') is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. [2] El Sobrante sits at an elevation of 1,283 feet (391 m). The 2010 United States census reported El Sobrante's population was 12,723.
The Carriage Hills area is on the margin of urban development spawl with a large expanse of undeveloped land, parks and open space immediately surrounding the area, including the Sobrante Ridge Preserve. People may enjoy hiking and wildlife year-round, as well as rolling views of green or yellow grasses on bumpy hills depending on what time of ...
The entire complex was renamed seven years later, when the city signed a 10-year agreement with Rabobank, to name the complex the Rabobank Arena, Theater and Convention Center. Following the acquisition of Rabobank, N.A. by Mechanics Bank, the naming rights transferred to Mechanics Bank.
El Sobrante Hills is a bedroom community in the city of Richmond, California.This hilly area, located northeast of the main part of Richmond, was annexed by Richmond in the early 1950s, and was developed into residential housing in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The First Banc Group, Inc. was formed in 1968 as a holding company for City National Bank and was used as a vehicle to acquire other banks. As Ohio began to gradually relax its very restrictive Great Depression era banking laws that had severely restricted bank branching and ownership, City National Bank, through its First Banc Group parent, started to purchase banks outside of its home county.