{"id":17233,"date":"2022-02-16T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:15:13","slug":"berkshire-bank-presented-the-gold-community-champion-award-from-bankers-northeast-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northcentralmass.com\/es\/berkshire-bank-presented-the-gold-community-champion-award-from-bankers-northeast-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire Bank presented the \u201cGold\u201d Community Champion Award from Bankers Northeast Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Award recognizes Bank\u2019s effort to create economic resilience in communities<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Berkshire Bank, a leading socially responsible community bank with branch locations in New England and New York, was recently presented\u00a0<\/span>the \u201cGold\u201d Community Champion Award from Bankers Northeast Magazine in the Economic Development category. This award recognized Berkshire\u2019s comprehensive efforts to foster economic resilience in its communities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bankers Northeast established the Community Champion Awards to honor the banks and credit unions who went beyond the call to aid their community in a special time of need or who\u2019s cumulative effort has made a substantial positive impact. Winners were presented at the Banking Northeast Magazine Gala Awards last month at Mohegan Sun to honor the very best of community banks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berkshire Bank\u2019s \u201cGold\u201d Community Champion Award recognized its efforts to harness its core business activities, pandemic response, community involvement, philanthropic programs, and innovative financial solutions such as MyFreedom Checking and The Futures Fund to strengthen its neighborhoods. Berkshire helped deploy nearly $1 billion in PPP funding to assist small businesses during the pandemic and helped more than 180,000 individuals with financial wellness programming.\u00a0 According to an independent third party, Berkshire reinvests at a rate nearly 70% higher than the industry average.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBerkshire has been an engine for positive change in our communities for more than 175 years and this honor is a reflection of the collective efforts of our employees and community partners,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0stated Gary R. Levante, SVP Corporate Responsibility. \u201cWe always have our customers and communities backs on their worst days and help make the best ones possible. Stronger, more economic resilient communities require a better approach to banking, and we\u2019ve accelerated that work with the launch of our BEST Community Comeback this past September,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Through its BEST Community Comeback, the Company expects to lend and invest $5 billion over the next three years to lift-up its communities across\u00a0four key areas: fueling small businesses, community financing and philanthropy, financial access and empowerment, and funding environmental sustainability. The plan is expected to result in\u00a0<\/span>more businesses and jobs being created, more families achieving the dream of owning a home, more quality housing in neighborhoods and investments in activities that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award recognizes Bank\u2019s effort to create economic resilience in communities Berkshire Bank, a leading socially responsible community bank with branch locations in New England and New York, was recently presented\u00a0the \u201cGold\u201d Community Champion Award from Bankers Northeast Magazine in the Economic Development category. 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