EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date Submitted: January 23, 2007
NASDAQ Symbol: FBMI NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Samuel G. Stone
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(989) 466-7325

Firstbank Corporation Announces First Quarter Cash Dividend

Alma, MI (FBMI) – Thomas R. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Firstbank Corporation, announced today that a $0.225 per share quarterly cash dividend will be paid March 15, 2007, to shareholders of record as of February 23, 2007.

The $0.225 per share cash dividend remains unchanged from the prior quarter. This rate,

combined with the 5% stock dividend paid on December 29, 2006, represents a 7.4% increase in dividends per share compared to the year ago level.

Firstbank Corporation, headquartered in Alma, Michigan is a six bank financial services company with assets of $1.1 billion and 41 banking offices serving Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Bank subsidiaries include: Firstbank – Alma; Firstbank (Mt. Pleasant); Firstbank – West Branch; Firstbank – Lakeview; Firstbank – St. Johns; and Keystone Community Bank.