Florida Shores Bank profiting

Florida Shores Bank netted $173,000 in profit in the first quarter of 2010, their best start to a year since the bank's opening in November 2007, a release from the company said.

The bank's most recent gain is up $26,000 from the fourth quarter of 2009, when the bank earned $147,000 in net income.

Today, Florida Shores has more than $200 million in assets, and $100 million in loans, and more than $180 million in deposits, the release said. It is the only remaining community bank headquartered in Venice.