Independent Banker - May 2023 - 68
OUT OF OFFICE
Julie Bauer at the
Historic Park Inn
in Mason City,
Iowa, after it was
remodeled and
reopened in 2011
Julie Bauer: Hotel hero
The assistant vice president of $1.6 billion-asset First Citizens Bank in
Mason City, Iowa, is the chair of a local fundraiser that benefits the
last remaining Frank Lloyd Wright-designed hotel in the world.
I started at First Citizens in
2003. I was just out of college ...
and I wasn't really that familiar
with Mason City. But I knew that
there wasn't a ton happening
downtown. I discovered that we
have this building here in Mason
City that was crumbling and
deteriorating, with no occupants.
It was the Historic Park Inn Hotel
... the only Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned
hotel left standing in the
entire world.
In 2008, the community got
together and decided they
needed to redo it ... The building
was revamped and remodeled, and
it [re]opened in 2011. It completely
revitalized Mason City's downtown,
100%. The impact to the downtown
businesses is incredible when you
compare the before and after.
The hotel is owned by a nonprofit
organization called Wright on
the Park ... The fundraiser that we
do each year raises funds toward
preserving and protecting the
building, because it's over a century
old. Any building that old that goes
through all the hot and cold weather
that we have in the Midwest is going
to need some TLC ... So it's just one
thing that we can do to help keep this
beautiful building as nice as it is.
I love being able to give back to
my community ... [First Citizens
employees] also are encouraged to
do other things during the work day,
which is really nice-maybe Meals
on Wheels or volunteering at the
community kitchen here in town.
The fact that I can give back while
working makes a huge difference to
me ... Having an employer be able to
encourage that is wonderful.
-Beatrice Ogeh
Do you or a fellow community banker have a cool hobby? Email magazine@icba.org for a chance to be featured.
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