Bank of Tennessee: East Tennessee bank looks to build out in Nashville with lean branch footprint

Blaine Strock, the new Nashville area president for Bank of Tennessee, says his bank looks like a startup in Middle Tennessee. But there's anadded kicker - the bank is backed by its strong base in East Tennessee (with nearly $918 million in assets as of March 31). "Where we fit in, we're not a total startup, but look like one [in Nashville]. But we're not because we have the strength of a $1 billion company behind us," Strock told me today. "It's an ideal situation … and it's…