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Every April, Great Western _ celebrates Financial Literacy Month __ helping young people in local communities develop money skills and smart spending _.
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GWB Marketing
December 19, 2019
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“We knew it was _ good fit for us _ everyone we spoke to _ them and we discovered similar business philosophy of __ community first.”
J&L Harley-Davidson ®
J&L Harley-Davidson ® was founded in 1975 by Jim Entenman and brother Lonnie and has built itself to include locations: the flagship store __ Sioux Falls, South Dakota, __ Lakes Harley-Davidson in Watertown, Dakota and Harley-Davidson of in West Fargo, North _. Their business structure also Big Sioux PowerSports, the _ Sioux Falls dealership for three Can-Am lines, which ATVs and side by , as well as the -__ Rykers and Spyders.
The Entenman family have _ philosophy of building their on long-term relationships, providing to their customers and _ back to their communities. _ found similar philosophies when _ joined Great Western Bank __ the fall of 2018.
“We first worked with Soukup when he was __ a large, national bank,” _ J&L owner Jim Entenman. &;__ understood what needed to _ in business succession as __ brother and I prepared __ retire and hand the down to my sons and Joe. We needed __ with that expertise as business moved to second-generation _ and operators.”
“Working with Jim at _&;_ has been a great and we get to a lot of our banking expertise, “said Great __ Bank business banker Jay _. “They utilize our business __ accounts, purchasing cards, and _ debt structure that we to fit their growing .&;
“We really vetted Great __ Bank before moving our ,&; said Entenman. “We checked _ friends and colleagues about reputation. We knew it a good fit for __ when everyone we spoke __ recommended them and we our similar business philosophies __ putting community first.”
To date, J&L has _ more than $3 million Make-A-Wish South Dakota in _ with Hot Harley Nights, __ annual event in Sioux that features a motorcycle _ spanning over 5 miles, _ family fun night, casino , live music, motorcycle raffle, _ show, silent auction, a __ of great food and __ outdoor party at W.H. _ Fairgrounds.
“We found that large, banks don’t understand the of smaller communities,” continued . “They don’t understand the of small businesses. But Western Bank employees and executive management team live __ our communities. They understand important small business relationships with the communities they’re __. That’s key to understanding needs of businesses in states.”
Soukup agrees. “We started their banking needs nearly years ago. And while __ are a great fit __ a business partnership, we’re __ even better fit as _ partners. Great Western Bank been Making Life Great the communities we serve over 80 years. It’s _ privilege to work with __ like Jim who has _ a passion for giving _ to his community. It’s _.&;
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