The rebirth of the Canyon State RR

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Well, the firehouse has been converted to a bank as best it could considering the budget set by the banker, Rolland Indough,  as well as his choice of the lowest bidder to do the work. Outside, the changes were just about what was planned, except the two-story extension was reconfigured to accommodate a vault. The bricked-up windows using a smaller brick in the rear turned out OK once the building was painted. As for painting, there was a major disaster caused by the effort to restore the old brick & mortar look and do a bit of aging, so it got stripped and repainted without weathering and mortar lines (this was not only frustrating and time consuming, but also caused headaches from, well )....

As for the interior, we have a walk-in vault, two teller cages, a customer desk and even a rest room by the entrance (all required by code). It may look like there is elegant marble on the walls, but Rolland, being as cheap as he is, found some marble-looking wallpaper in a dumpster behind Home Depot, and so that’s what was used. Since he is leasing the second floor to the town, there are no tenant improvements there. He told them, if they wanted a floor, they should have specified that in the lease.

Rolland Indough found that insuring deposits with GERN was 3% cheaper. The management at GERN were so impressed with his frugality, that they purchased an interest in the bank, hence the name change to: The Last National Bank of GERN, assuring the townsfolk that their deposits and savings are now 3% safer.  BTW, the empty shoe box that Rolland used for so many years is now on display in the local museum.