Business

“Our board has long contemplated a strategic expansion into the Baton Rouge and surrounding area market,” Morris P. Hebert, Synergy Bancshares’ Chairman, said. “We are excited to achieve this goal through a partnership with Peoples Bank and Trust and to expand Synergy Bank’s brand of community banking to Pointe Coupee and the surrounding parishes.”

Proposed lease stipulations would prioritize workforce training, domestic supply chain development, fishery protection, and community engagement.