S&T Bank in Cranberry Township welcomes public to new location
CRANBERRY TWP — Banks serve as “multipliers” in communities according to S&T Bank CEO Chris McComish, and in an already-thriving community like Cranberry Township, there is no place to go but up.
“Cranberry represents growth,” McComish said. “We want to serve those customers with needs like lending needs for small businesses in the area.”
S&T Bank has officially moved locations in Cranberry Township, and the bank held a grand opening ceremony with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 2060 Garden View Lane to show the public its new digs.
“It’s been a long time coming,” McComish said. “It’s been almost years in the making. You look at the area here and see all the growth and to be a part of it is great for us.”
According to the state Department of Banking & Securities, S&T filed an application to move from 900 Commonwealth Drive, Suite 100 in August of 2022.
The bank officially opened the doors at its new location on Oct. 9 according to Shelly Kammerdiener, vice president, business development officer and retail bank manager.
“This location is wonderful and we are visible to the area,” Kammerdiener said. “We just want to be part of the community whether it’s on the financial end or volunteering side.”
On the volunteer side, the S&T Bank branch donated $2,500 to the Cranberry Township Community Chest during the grand opening event.
“They (Cranberry Community Chest) literally fund everything in this town like Cranberry Community Days,” Kammerdiener said. “The list goes on and on.”
The move was made because its old location wasn’t as visible to the community as the company would like, according to Kammerdiener.
“We were on the end of a strip mall that was very hidden,” Kammerdiener said. “People had no clue that we even existed. People think we just opened our doors, but we have been here 10-plus years.”
With planning and physical construction in mind, the building took about a year to come to fruition, Kammerdiener said, and was delayed a few times due to things out of her or McComish’s control.
“Ever since COVID, things just haven’t been what they were,” Kammerdiener said. “The time for things to get here were longer than anyone anticipated. We were just at the mercy of materials shipping.”
Online banking has become a norm in today’s financial world, but McComish said even that wouldn’t be possible without the help of other humans doing a bulk of the work.
“The relationship with our customers is an integrated relationship,” McComish said. “We talk about being a people-forward organization and that online capabilities are a reflection of the human interactions that we have everyday, and it’s the connection with the humans and the electronic capabilities that differentiate a company.”
