Independent Banker - October 2022 - 58

But those
attractions are just
" From the bank standpoint,
a number of the restaurants
and inns and landowners in
that area are our customers.
Kingdom Trails is a not-forprofit,
but we support them
financially and sponsor many of
their activities and promotions,
and we have bankers who serve
on their board. "
-Kathryn Austin, Community National Bank
south, " he explains. " Since we're a
four-season destination, my guess
is they come here for summer
activities and then again for skiing
in the winter. "
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank
helped many businesses, including
non-customers, through COVID with
PPP loans, and now things are looking
up again.
" I would say the tourism industry
has mostly fully recovered, " Graham
says. " It appears that travel and
tourism is just as strong now as it was
before the pandemic. I'm in my office
right now looking over the mountains
and the Connecticut River-we're
really a recreational playground.
Tourism is extremely important to
our community. "
Derby, Vt.
COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANK
Let's travel north now into the Green
Mountain National Forests and all the
way to Derby, Vt., which is nearly at
the border of Canada. Leaves ablaze
are a key autumnal attraction in this
part of the state, and the views around
Burke Mountain and Jay's Peak can
be extraordinary.
56 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q October 2022
the beginning.
" Vermont is
where people
come to play, so
tourism is really
an underpinning
of our economy
during every season
of the year, " says
Kathryn Austin,
president and
CEO of $1 billionasset
Community
National Bank,
which has branches
throughout central
and northeast
Vermont. " Fall is
a beautiful and
unique time here,
and we welcome the leaf peepers,
but summer-with our lakes and
mountains-is also popular. And,
of course, in the winter, skiing and
snowmobiling draw a lot of people. "
Another major tourism draw in the
area, Austin says, is mountain biking.
A nonprofit organization called the
Kingdom Trails Association in Burke,
Vt., brought together 104 landowners
who have allowed mountain bike
trails to run through their property,
creating a vast network of trails
throughout the area.
" So now there's this really beautiful
big trail system that's well organized
and maintained, and today the town
of Burke gets more biker visits than
skier visits, " Austin says.
" From the bank standpoint, a
number of the restaurants and
inns and landowners in that area
are our customers. Kingdom Trails
is a not-for-profit, but we support
them financially and sponsor many
of their activities and promotions,
and we have bankers who serve on
their board. "
dThe Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge that connects Bath and Woodsville, N.H.-home to
Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank-is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Nicholas Erwin

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