The Journal
The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has awarded Chris Aiken, assistant vice president with Dolores State Bank with their annual Lender of the Year Award.
Aiken, who has been in banking since 2016 was recognized for his leadership, support and collaboration with Region 9 that helped secure loans for eight businesses that were working with Aiken and his team this past year.
Aiken works in Montezuma and Dolores counties primarily and also helped Region 9 deliver its mission by providing an additional 20 hours of technical assistance to his referrals that helped strengthen their business model.
Aiken was recognized at the Region 9 Loan Committee meeting held Jan. 22.
Previous winners include Eric Jones with Bank of the San Juan’s and Brian Rose when he worked with Alpine Bank. For more information, contact Region 9 at 247-9621.