Wings Financial FCU Hopes New BranchDesign Will Fly

May 17, 2006, 1:00 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. - (05/17/06) -- Wings Financial FCU has hired HTGArchitects, of nearby Eden Prairie, to design a new aviation-themedbranch near the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.Scheduled for a fall completion, the 5,000 square-foot branch isexpected to look something like the hangar-like structure the $2billion credit union built in Eagan, Minn., last year, evoking theformer NWA Airline Employees' credit union's heritage. The designwill highlight milestones of the airline industry withinspirational quotes and historical photographs. Wings Financialexpanded its field of membership to serve the entire airtransportation industry and is now the official credit union forAirTran Airways, which has a hub in Atlanta.

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