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The initiative also draws in community members, ensuring businesses gain new customers and an immediate boost in sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOLC also celebrates Small Business Month, spotlighting local entrepreneurs and fostering community engagement. A more playful approach comes through the \u201cWhere\u2019s Iggy?\u201d campaign, named after the bank\u2019s beloved mascot. The bank posts videos of Iggy \u201cshopping\u201d at different local stores, encouraging the community to guess his location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe first person to guess where Iggy is shopping wins a gift from that small business,\u201d Dempsey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond promotional events, the bank itself leads by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure that people ever stop to think that the Bank of Lincoln County is also a local small business,\u201d Dempsey said. \u201cOur shareholders are from Fayetteville and Lincoln County. So when our bank and our community succeed, we all win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bank invests in local restaurants and caterers for events, purchases from nearby vendors, and helps entrepreneurs secure funding to launch or expand their businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every dollar spent at a Lincoln County business strengthens the local economy. Every deposit at BOLC stays in the community, funding new homes, farms, and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you deposit your money at the Bank of Lincoln County, that money stays here and is invested back into Lincoln County,\u201d Dempsey stated. \u201cIt stays here and makes a difference here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rooted in trust, the Bank of Lincoln County continues to strengthen the community, one local business at a time. GN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, follow Bank of Lincoln County on Facebook or visit bolconline.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ON CHRISTMAS Eve in 1960, Charles Gleghorn stepped behind the teller\u2019s counter at Lincoln County Bank for the first time. He slid open a heavy wooden cash drawer, its metal dividers clinking against neatly stacked bills. He calculated transactions on the mechanical adding machine beside him with a series of sharp clacks. He recorded each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n