When Alissa, a writer living in the Twin Cities, started the search for the best home refinancing rate, she was expecting to find it at a big bank in the metro area. Instead, she discovered it in her hometown of Redwood Falls, Minnesota at HomeTown Bank. Alissa lives in downtown Minneapolis in a condo she [...]
Aaron and Shana both work in the human services field, have limited construction experience, and had never built their own home before until they decided to take on a challenge and become their own general contractor. They started the process in April of 2016, and they quickly realized that lining up financing was one [...]
When Holly Schutte decided the time was right to purchase her first home in the summer of 2016, she had found the perfect two-story townhome in Shakopee. As she started the process with her real estate agent and lender, “I had no idea the property I was purchasing was tied up in litigation. I [...]
When Tim Huinker's friends and neighbors witnessed firsthand the wood fired pizza being baked in his backyard, they knew he was onto something big. A landscape contractor by trade, Tim was repeatedly approached by people who wanted a similar wood fired pizza oven of their own. The idea to outfit a mobile trailer with [...]
Relationships and referrals are paramount to growing business and building trust. Do you know who frequently refers your business to others? HomeTown Bank knows that Lynn Johnson-Nicolai refers us to those in her personal and professional network. All of us at HomeTown Bank appreciate people like Lynn who tell others about our distinctive approach [...]
How did a vibrant trucking business and a brand new custom beet harvest business come to take roots in rural Minnesota? This story starts with rural Bird Island native, Chris Rodel at the young age of 16. He opened his first personal checking account at HomeTown Bank in Olivia, and not long after, his [...]
Ryan Petz is the president of Fulton Brewery and co-owners with Brian Hoffman, Jim Diley, and Pete Grande. Ryan shares about the history of Fulton Brewery with HomeTown Bank. “My company, Fulton Brewing, has been banking with HomeTown Bank since shortly after we started our business in 2009. Fulton started out as four guys [...]
