Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans - Credit Quality Indicators (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Loans
2024/2023	$ 123,693	$ 455,535
2023/2022	384,695	642,395
2022/2021	613,186	757,210
2021/2020	751,043	128,649
2020/2019	125,874	217,307
Prior Periods	949,302	743,954
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	388,896	405,823
Total loan balance	3,336,689	3,350,873
Balance to report	3,288,214	3,302,420
Loan classified as loss
Loans
Balance to report	0	0
Risk Grades
Loans
2024/2023	123,693	455,535
2023/2022	384,695	642,395
2022/2021	613,186	757,210
2021/2020	751,043	128,649
2020/2019	125,874	217,307
Prior Periods	949,302	743,954
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	388,896	405,823
Total loan balance	3,336,689	3,350,873
Risk Grades \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	121,669	449,132
2023/2022	383,908	637,785
2022/2021	608,307	749,811
2021/2020	738,465	127,132
2020/2019	121,311	208,280
Prior Periods	914,921	715,749
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	380,390	398,528
Total loan balance	3,268,971	3,286,417
Risk Grades \| Special Mention
Loans
2024/2023	2,020	4,270
2023/2022	787	1,342
2022/2021	2,637	3,344
2021/2020	3,965	462
2020/2019	457	7,626
Prior Periods	17,733	13,072
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	4,727	2,577
Total loan balance	32,326	32,693
Risk Grades \| Substandard
Loans
2024/2023	4	2,133
2023/2022		2,489
2022/2021	2,242
2021/2020	4,564	100
2020/2019	3,139	1,285
Prior Periods	15,744	14,362
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,779	4,576
Total loan balance	29,472	24,945
Risk Grades \| Substandard-Nonaccrual
Loans
2023/2022		779
2022/2021		4,055
2021/2020	4,049	955
2020/2019	967	116
Prior Periods	904	771
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis		142
Total loan balance	5,920	6,818
Commercial. \| Commercial
Loans
2024/2023	76,030	101,498
2023/2022	36,708	27,858
2022/2021	26,317	20,122
2021/2020	19,189	15,029
2020/2019	13,465	12,327
Prior Periods	38,837	27,874
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	241,685	259,070
Total loan balance	452,231	463,778
Commercial. \| Commercial \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	74,006	99,387
2023/2022	36,626	25,250
2022/2021	23,777	19,732
2021/2020	18,808	14,929
2020/2019	13,368	11,893
Prior Periods	30,291	22,134
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	239,157	258,461
Total loan balance	436,033	451,786
Commercial. \| Commercial \| Special Mention
Loans
2024/2023	2,020	2,107
2023/2022	82	1,092
2022/2021	1,062	41
2021/2020	38
2020/2019		133
Prior Periods	3,272	1,134
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	2,471	467
Total loan balance	8,945	4,974
Commercial. \| Commercial \| Substandard
Loans
2024/2023	4	4
2023/2022		1,516
2022/2021	1,478
2021/2020		100
2020/2019	97	185
Prior Periods	4,490	3,835
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	57	142
Total loan balance	6,126	5,782
Commercial. \| Commercial \| Substandard-Nonaccrual
Loans
2022/2021		349
2021/2020	343
2020/2019		116
Prior Periods	784	771
Total loan balance	1,127	1,236
Real estate \| CRE - Owner Occupied
Loans
2024/2023	12,117	32,993
2023/2022	32,194	86,938
2022/2021	84,598	113,854
2021/2020	112,960	68,646
2020/2019	68,091	53,985
Prior Periods	264,964	216,535
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	10,107	10,302
Total loan balance	585,031	583,253
Real estate \| CRE - Owner Occupied \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	12,117	32,993
2023/2022	32,194	86,688
2022/2021	84,349	110,613
2021/2020	109,741	68,184
2020/2019	64,592	52,885
Prior Periods	262,613	214,729
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	10,107	10,302
Total loan balance	575,713	576,394
Real estate \| CRE - Owner Occupied \| Special Mention
Loans
2023/2022		250
2022/2021	249	3,241
2021/2020	3,219	462
2020/2019	457
Prior Periods	1,251	1,802
Total loan balance	5,176	5,755
Real estate \| CRE - Owner Occupied \| Substandard
Loans
2020/2019	3,042	1,100
Prior Periods	1,100	4
Total loan balance	4,142	1,104
Real estate \| CRE - Non-Owner Occupied
Loans
2024/2023	21,427	225,505
2023/2022	226,112	243,080
2022/2021	240,250	267,870
2021/2020	265,890	28,315
2020/2019	27,717	100,141
Prior Periods	484,346	388,206
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	5,442	3,473
Total loan balance	1,271,184	1,256,590
Real estate \| CRE - Non-Owner Occupied \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	21,427	225,505
2023/2022	226,112	243,080
2022/2021	240,250	267,870
2021/2020	260,618	28,315
2020/2019	27,717	92,648
Prior Periods	465,826	370,552
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	5,116	3,199
Total loan balance	1,247,066	1,231,169
Real estate \| CRE - Non-Owner Occupied \| Special Mention
Loans
2021/2020	708
2020/2019		7,493
Prior Periods	10,958	10,040
Total loan balance	11,666	17,533
Real estate \| CRE - Non-Owner Occupied \| Substandard
Loans
2021/2020	4,564
Prior Periods	7,562	7,614
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	326	274
Total loan balance	12,452	7,888
Real estate \| Land & Construction
Loans
2024/2023	9,596	44,434
2023/2022	38,701	52,862
2022/2021	39,325	31,125
2021/2020	26,789	10,228
2020/2019	10,213	1,864
Prior Periods	5,088
Total loan balance	129,712	140,513
Real estate \| Land & Construction \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	9,596	40,142
2023/2022	38,701	52,862
2022/2021	39,325	27,419
2021/2020	23,083	9,273
2020/2019	9,246	1,864
Prior Periods	1,844
Total loan balance	121,795	131,560
Real estate \| Land & Construction \| Special Mention
Loans
2024/2023		2,163
Prior Periods	2,163
Total loan balance	2,163	2,163
Real estate \| Land & Construction \| Substandard
Loans
2024/2023		2,129
Prior Periods	1,081
Total loan balance	1,081	2,129
Real estate \| Land & Construction \| Substandard-Nonaccrual
Loans
2022/2021		3,706
2021/2020	3,706	955
2020/2019	967
Total loan balance	4,673	4,661
Real estate \| Home Equity
Loans
Prior Periods	2,175	1,463
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	120,619	117,662
Total loan balance	122,794	119,125
Real estate \| Home Equity \| Pass
Loans
Prior Periods	2,055	1,463
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	114,967	111,250
Total loan balance	117,022	112,713
Real estate \| Home Equity \| Special Mention
Loans
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	2,256	2,110
Total loan balance	2,256	2,110
Real estate \| Home Equity \| Substandard
Loans
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	3,396	4,160
Total loan balance	3,396	4,160
Real estate \| Home Equity \| Substandard-Nonaccrual
Loans
Prior Periods	120
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis		142
Total loan balance	120	142
Real estate \| Multi-Family
Loans
2024/2023	4,523	47,089
2023/2022	47,031	41,112
2022/2021	40,893	55,557
2021/2020	54,977	5,394
2020/2019	5,358	42,129
Prior Periods	116,026	78,098
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	455	355
Total loan balance	269,263	269,734
Real estate \| Multi-Family \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023	4,523	47,089
2023/2022	47,031	41,112
2022/2021	40,893	55,557
2021/2020	54,977	5,394
2020/2019	5,358	42,129
Prior Periods	116,026	75,890
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	455	355
Total loan balance	269,263	267,526
Real estate \| Multi-Family \| Substandard
Loans
Prior Periods		2,208
Total loan balance		2,208
Real estate \| Residential Mortgage
Loans
2024/2023		1,684
2023/2022	1,678	189,169
2022/2021	180,430	268,617
2021/2020	271,180	1,037
2020/2019	1,030	6,861
Prior Periods	35,717	29,593
Total loan balance	490,035	496,961
Real estate \| Residential Mortgage \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023		1,684
2023/2022	1,678	187,417
2022/2021	178,340	268,617
2021/2020	271,180	1,037
2020/2019	1,030	6,861
Prior Periods	34,206	28,892
Total loan balance	486,434	494,508
Real estate \| Residential Mortgage \| Special Mention
Loans
2022/2021	1,326
Total loan balance	1,326
Real estate \| Residential Mortgage \| Substandard
Loans
2023/2022		973
2022/2021	764
Prior Periods	1,511	701
Total loan balance	2,275	1,674
Real estate \| Residential Mortgage \| Substandard-Nonaccrual
Loans
2023/2022		779
Total loan balance		779
Consumer \| Consumer and Other
Loans
2024/2023		2,332
2023/2022	2,271	1,376
2022/2021	1,373	65
2021/2020	58
Prior Periods	2,149	2,185
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	10,588	14,961
Total loan balance	16,439	20,919
Consumer \| Consumer and Other \| Pass
Loans
2024/2023		2,332
2023/2022	1,566	1,376
2022/2021	1,373	3
2021/2020	58
Prior Periods	2,060	2,089
Revolving Loans Amortized Cost Basis	10,588	14,961
Total loan balance	15,645	20,761
Consumer \| Consumer and Other \| Special Mention
Loans
2023/2022	705
2022/2021		62
Prior Periods	89	96
Total loan balance	$ 794	$ 158

Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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