To be a high-performing, well-capitalized and customer-service-oriented “Bank of Choice” for consumers and businesses, with an ongoing commitment to contribute to the betterment of the communities in our region. On our first day of business in 1851, initial deposits totaled $88.70. That money represented the hard-earned savings of residents and businesses across the Farmington Valley. To the bank's founders and management, it also represented the community's trust in them personally, and in their ability to make the institution a vehicle for spurring growth and prosperity for the region and its inhabitants.