President and COO Jay McKenna and students from St. Anthony Catholic School look on while Mayor Tom Barrett cuts the ribbon at Jackson Park. Area branch manager Alfredo Martin, Alderman Mark Borkowski, and community lending manager Miguel Pesquiera are at right.

Our new Jackson Park office marked its official opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 14. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett attended, along with other officials and bank leaders, as well as first-graders from the neighborhood’s St. Anthony Catholic School.

The new branch includes a special area for kids to learn about financial literacy. The ribbon for the ceremony was made of cash, and that money was later donated to St. Anthony. The students who attended received piggy banks and $25 each, deposited in new savings accounts.