NBT Bank and its parent holding company, NBT Bancorp, have expanded their regional footprint across New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut through strategic targeted acquisitions of smaller community banks and asset portfolios. Most notably, NBT entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Evans Bancorp, expanding its operational footprint significantly westward along the New York State Thruway and incorporating key Upstate New York growth markets like Buffalo and Rochester into its growing franchise.