This year's winners and honorable mentions Clockwise from top left: Exceptional Community Bank Service Award-First Federal Savings & Loan Association in Pascagoula, Miss.; Emerging Community Bank Service Award-Cross Bank in Wynne, Ark.; and Honorable Mentions Olympia Federal Savings in Olympia, Wash.; Synergy Bank in Houma, La.; and First Kentucky Bank and FNB Bank, Inc., both in Mayfield, Ky. 38 // ICBA Independent Banker // September 2023