The board of directors for Santa Lucia Bancorp, parent company of Atascadero-based Santa Lucia Bank, recently announced a 2 percent stock dividend for the company.
The dividend will be issued on or about April 23 to shareholders of record as of March 31. In a press release, Santa Lucia Bancorp President and CEO John Hansen said the board felt it would be āprudent for the company to continue to issue stock dividends rather than pay cash dividends at this time.ā
Santa Lucia Bancorp has banking offices in Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, and Paso Robles.
For more information, visit santaluciabank.com.
This article appears in Apr 1-8, 2010.

