Business notes

Bank promotes local
Janice Zappa of Boulder Creek was promoted to Senior Vice President of Santa Cruz County Bank. Zappa joined the bank at its inception as Vice President and Corporate Secretary.
A graduate of Cabrillo College, Zappa has spent 25 years in banking, including at community banks, Coast Commercial Bank and County Bank of Santa Cruz.
Zappa currently serves as a board member and past President of the Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz, and past board member of New Horizon School. For the past eight years, she has co-chaired golf tournament committees to raise funds for New Horizons School, Rebele Family Shelter and the Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County. Ms. Zappa is a 36 year resident of Boulder Creek.
 
Nonprofit dental center receives $1M construction loan
Dientes Community Dental Care received a $1 million low-interest construction loan from Dignity Health, the parent company of Dominican Hospital. The loan will help its clinic expansion project in Santa Cruz.
The loan will allow Dientes to break ground later this year on a new facility that will allow them to double the number of patients they see each year. Dientes serves a population at, or below the poverty line and is one of only several clinics to accept Medi-Cal and also offers a low-cost sliding scale for income-eligible patients.
The clinic continues to solicit money to complete its $3 million capital campaign.
 
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