| CASHMERE VALLEY BANK From: Cashmere Valley 
        Bank, Ken Martin [mailto:kmartin@cashmerevalleybank.com] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:13 PM
 To: Comments
 Subject: Community Reinvestment -- RIN 3064-AC50
 September 3, 2004Gentlemen,
 Cashmere Valley Bank is a $625 million eight branch bank located in 
        Chelan, Douglas and Kittitas Counties in Central Washington State. The 
        total population of the 3 counties is approximatly 140,000.  We are a big bank under the current CRA rules.  We achieved big bank status by meeting the banking needs of a 
        significant portion of the citizens located in the counties we serve. We 
        are active in every type of lending and deposit product that our 
        customers need to be successful.  It would be difficult to find an activity in our market that the bank 
        is not an active participant.  Therefore I support raising the definition of big bank for CRA 
        purposes to $1 billion. Not because it will change what we do, but 
        because it lessen the resouces dedicated to reporting what we do.  Sincerely,  Ken MartinPresident and CEO
 Cashmere Valley Bank
 
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