Friday, January 3, 2014

Coming to a Bank Near You!

Actually the chance of a Tightwad Bank opening near to you are somewhere between slim and none unless you live in or near Tightwad,Missouri. Your next thought may be is it a real bank? and yes it is a real bank with most,if not all amenities,including a FDIC membership. The first Tightwad Bank opened in 1984 but after two armed robberies in the 1990's it closed its doors. In 2008 the bank reopened under new ownership,the new owners are from Kansas City where they grew bored running a sober-sided bank. The partners decided the possibilities were reasonable and the amount of fun limitless. One partner joked,"if the bank doesn't work out they can turn the place into a drive through liquor store."
Co-owner Donald S. Higdon, with manager Ellen T. Lindsey, is capitalizing on his bank's novel name by offering shirts and mugs as well as the usual accounts.Local lore has it that the tiny town in west-central Missouri got its name from a watermelon deal gone bad.

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