Branch network

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community First CU of Florida, struggling with big losses the past two years, last week announced it is closing two branches.

GLENDALE, Calif. – Clearpath FCU this week opened a new branch in Fontana inside a Ralph’s Marketplace, one of the credit union’s sponsors.

LANSING, Mich. – State officials approved tax breaks for 10 job creating projects, including a plan by PSCU Financial Services to expand its operations in Auburn Hills that will create more than 830 jobs.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University officials have tentatively agreed to allow Harvard University Employees CU in the Student Organization Center in Harvard Yard.

BROCKPORT, N.Y. – The Monroe County Industrial Development Agency voted Tuesday to approve a $5,330 abatement of mortgage taxes and property taxes for Brockport FCU to facilitate the credit union’s plans for a new branch in Clarkson, the $5 million credit union’s second branch.

MACON, Ga. – MidSouth Community FCU is the latest credit union to take advantage of a growing inventory of bank branches on the market by agreeing to acquire two branches of failed Security Bank from the FDIC.

COLORADO SPRINGS – Animals from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s mobile petting zoo will be on hand Saturday to help mark the grand opening of Ent FCU’s new Falcon branch.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Langley FCU said it has agreed to donate office space to ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions, which will provide counseling and educational presentations to credit union staff, members and the public.

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Scott CU yesterday said it wants to relocate its corporate headquarters to the nearby city of Edwardsville, inside the Gateway Commerce Center Enterprise Zone.

ATLANTA-A new study has found shared branching has helped credit unions capture more consumers dissatisfied with banks, especially higher-revenue households.

SOUTH LANSING, Mich. – Lake Trust CU, a newly created credit union giant, on Friday broke ground on a new branch on the former Brownfield site of Lansing’s long-abandoned Regent Inn.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Family Trust FCU plans to begin construction early next year on its first branch in Fort Mill, which will be the credit union’s eighth branch.

BATON ROUGE, La. – La Capitol FCU has acquired the CU Service Center branch here, making the Louisiana shared branch network an all outlet environment.

ALBANY, N.Y. – SEFCU, a $2 billion capital city credit union, is moving its local operations to a new commercial building in downtown Schenectady, and will rename the $4.5 million building SEFCU Square.

EL PASO, Texas – FirstLight FCU has opened a new full-service branch and USO Center on east Fort Bliss.

SHREWSBURY, Mass. – The local school board here this week voted to allow Central One FCU to open a branch at the high school this fall.

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin CU on Monday will open its third branch in the Milwaukee area in Wauwatosa, in an almost-new building it bought from ailing Amcore Bank.

APPLETON, Wis. – Prospera CU, a pioneer in credit union payday loans, yesterday said it is closing one full-service branch and two of its GoodMoney payday loan sites inside Goodwill stores as part of a restructuring.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Kellogg Community FCU has unveiled its newest branch, in Pennfield High School.

BOISE, Idaho – Capital Educators FCU has broken ground on a new branch, its seventh, in nearby Eagle.