First-Lockhart National Bank opens in San Marcos
Heather Demere/Community Impact Newspaper
The San Marcos branch of First-Lockhart National Bank, located at 2507 Hunter Road, San Marcos, opened its drive-thru to customers at the beginning of September after being in a temporary building for more than a year. Gil Hodges, vice president of commercial lending, said in addition to the drive-thru option, customers may bank inside by appointment only. First Lockhart has four branches in Central Texas in Austin, Kyle, San Marcos and Lockhart, and Hodges said the community bank has been in business for 131 years. 877-398-3416. www.firstlockhart.com
By Brian Rash
Brian has been a reporter and editor since 2012. He wrote about the music scene in Dallas-Fort Worth before becoming managing editor for the Graham Leader in Graham, Texas, in 2013. He relocated to Austin, Texas, in 2015 to work for Gatehouse Media's large design hub. He became the editor for the Lake Travis-Westlake publication of Community Impact in August 2018. From there he became a dual-market editor for Community Impact's New Braunfels and San Marcos-Buda-Kyle editions. Brian is now a senior editor for the company's flagship papers, the Round Rock and Pflugerville-Hutto editions.
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