Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	$ 228,093
2021	742,307
2020	477,202
2019	288,838
2018	218,130
Prior	419,799
Revolving	286,306
Total	2,660,675
Commercial [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	147,612
2021	439,085
2020	257,899
2019	205,011
2018	173,322
Prior	321,247
Revolving	117,358
Total	1,661,534
Commercial [Member] \| Construction [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	6,472
2021	53,371
2020	9,073
2019	4,498
2018	1,601
Prior
Revolving
Total	75,015
Commercial [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	6,472
2021	53,371
2020	9,073
2019	4,498
2018	1,601
Prior
Revolving
Total	75,015
Commercial [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total
Commercial [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	30,529
2021	62,636
2020	38,037
2019	28,112
2018	38,723
Prior	37,537
Revolving	117,358
Total	352,932
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	30,305
2021	62,583
2020	36,345
2019	27,908
2018	38,361
Prior	36,286
Revolving	117,232
Total	349,020
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	224
2021	53
2020	398
2019
2018
Prior	168
Revolving	101
Total	944
Commercial [Member] \| Business [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020	1,294
2019	204
2018	362
Prior	1,083
Revolving	25
Total	2,968
Consumer [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	80,481
2021	303,222
2020	219,303
2019	83,827
2018	44,808
Prior	98,552
Revolving	168,948
Total	999,141
Consumer [Member] \| Construction [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	10,078
2021	42,845
2020	19,420
2019	284
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total	72,627
Consumer [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	10,078
2021	42,845
2020	19,420
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total	72,343
Consumer [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019	284
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total	284
Consumer [Member] \| Construction [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving
Total
Consumer [Member] \| Real estate [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	69,226
2021	257,677
2020	198,625
2019	81,492
2018	44,021
Prior	94,626
Revolving
Total	745,667
Consumer [Member] \| Real estate [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	69,226
2021	255,662
2020	197,008
2019	80,005
2018	42,490
Prior	91,948
Revolving
Total	736,339
Consumer [Member] \| Real estate [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2021	1,113
2020	1,387
2019	1,068
2018	568
Prior	848
Revolving
Total	4,984
Consumer [Member] \| Real estate [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2021	902
2020	230
2019	419
2018	963
Prior	1,830
Revolving
Total	4,344
Consumer [Member] \| Home equity [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving	155,678
Total	155,678
Consumer [Member] \| Home equity [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving	150,767
Total	150,767
Consumer [Member] \| Home equity [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving	2,186
Total	2,186
Consumer [Member] \| Home equity [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Prior
Revolving	2,725
Total	2,725
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	1,177
2021	2,700
2020	1,258
2019	2,051
2018	787
Prior	3,926
Revolving	13,270
Total	25,169
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	1,177
2021	2,700
2020	1,250
2019	2,001
2018	711
Prior	3,916
Revolving	13,227
Total	24,982
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020	8
2019	38
2018	76
Prior	10
Revolving	33
Total	165
Consumer [Member] \| Other [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020
2019	12
2018
Prior
Revolving	10
Total	22
Owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	48,943
2021	136,206
2020	92,138
2019	76,409
2018	42,835
Prior	131,245
Revolving
Total	527,776
Owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	48,943
2021	136,043
2020	91,485
2019	76,409
2018	42,537
Prior	130,973
Revolving
Total	526,390
Owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021	163
2020
2019
2018
Prior	159
Revolving
Total	322
Owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021
2020	653
2019
2018	298
Prior	113
Revolving
Total	1,064
Non-owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	61,668
2021	186,872
2020	118,651
2019	95,992
2018	90,163
Prior	152,465
Revolving
Total	705,811
Non-owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022	61,668
2021	186,526
2020	118,651
2019	82,442
2018	84,310
Prior	145,200
Revolving
Total	678,797
Non-owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021	205
2020
2019	313
2018	5,544
Prior	5,614
Revolving
Total	11,676
Non-owner occupied RE [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - Schedule of breakdown of outstanding loans by risk category [Line Items]
2022
2021	141
2020
2019	13,237
2018	309
Prior	1,651
Revolving
Total	$ 15,338

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