FENNVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — What happens when you can no longer take it to the bank? People in Fennville will find out when the town’s last bank closes later this year.
Linda Barnes was born and raised in Fennville. She now owns a restaurant inside what used to be a bank.
“As a child, we would come in here and my walk-in (freezer) would be the vault where all the money would be kept,” Barnes said.
The town used to have two banks. One closed a few years ago, leaving only Chemical Bank. Then last month, Chemical Bank announced its Fennville branch would close Dec. 15.
“Fennville’s always had a bank, so it’s really hard to see us not having a bank,” Barnes said.
“It came as a shock to all of us, because they had done some remodeling inside and new signage and everything, so we thought things were good for their location,” Fennville Mayor Thomas Pantelleria said.
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