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Loan and Lease Receivables, Impaired Loans and Leases and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses 2 (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	$ 16,225		$ 14,272
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	4,707		4,491
Allowance for loan and lease losses	20,932	$ 18,638	18,763	$ 21,677	$ 21,666	$ 20,912
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	1,565,258		1,476,317
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	31,004		26,188
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	1,596,598		1,503,038
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0		0
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	336		533
Commercial real estate:
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	11,147		9,716
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0		415
Allowance for loan and lease losses	11,147	9,990	10,131	12,003	12,817	12,384
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	1,072,992		1,003,855
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	14,697		13,506
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	1,088,020		1,017,888
Commercial real estate: \| Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0		0
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	331		527
Commercial and industrial loans and leases
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	4,579		4,158
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	4,658		4,067
Allowance for loan and lease losses	9,237	8,151	8,225	9,090	7,943	7,970
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	463,583		447,459
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	15,953		12,324
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	479,541		459,789
Commercial and industrial loans and leases \| Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0		0
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	5		6
Consumer and other:
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	499		398
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	49		9
Allowance for loan and lease losses	548	$ 497	407	$ 584	$ 906	$ 558
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	28,683		25,003
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	354		358
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	29,037		25,361
Consumer and other: \| Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0		0
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	$ 0		$ 0