New community bank — the first in years — enters market

The bank’s board of directors includes people with ties to Sarasota from a variety of industries.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 21, 2018
Lori Sax. Jennifer Compton, Dennis Murphy and Timothy Clarke, organizers of Gulfside Bank.
Lori Sax. Jennifer Compton, Dennis Murphy and Timothy Clarke, organizers of Gulfside Bank.
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Last fall, Dennis Murphy left an executive post he had worked much of his career to achieve at CenterState Bank (Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida before that) to help start something — a new community bank in Sarasota.

 

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