Branch network

LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Leominster CU has received final approvals from the city of Leominster and the state Division of Banks to build a three-story, 28,500-square-foot headquarters adjacent to its current main office.

PHILADELPHIA – Citadel FCU has acquired an 8,000 square-foot building, the former site of Basil restaurant, where it plans to locate a new branch.

RENO, Nev. – Great Basin FCU announced it will close its branch in the Ironhorse Shopping Center in Sparks on April 15.

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth Teacher’s CU is planning to sell a vacant lot it owns to help it finance a new scholarship program.

ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. – Feliciana FCU, which has served the employees of the shuttered Tembec paper mill for four decades, announced last week it has shut down its branch here and put the building up for sale, the latest of a slew of credit union responses to the declining national economy.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Vigo County FCU, the state’s oldest federally chartered credit union, broke ground yesterday on its first outside branch.

SAN FRANCISCO --Patelco CU said it is closing four branches, the latest credit union to contract in the midst of the troubled economy.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Union CU, known till last year as Inland Empire Trades CU, is branching out to the Tri-Cities area with a new branch in Kennewick.

STAFFORD, Va. – Navy FCU said it opened its new branch at the Quantico Corporate Center on Monday.

HUDSON, N.Y. – In an effort to better reach members in rural Greene County, Columbia-Green FCU plans to introduce a mobile mini-branch to one of the credit union’s select groups.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – RIA FCU has opened a branch in the new Hy-Vee grocery store in Moline, Ill.

VIENNA, Va. – Navy FCU is turning to environmentally friendly materials for its new branch in Lexington Park, Md.

HOUSTON – Smart Financial CU has opened its latest service center here insinde an office where an old branch was housed.

EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Employees FCU opened its eight El Paso branch Monday, with a Spanish style that fits the neighborhood.

WILTON, Conn. – Mutual Security CU is moving into a new home in nearby Shelton next month where it will be the only credit union or bank that headquartered in Shelton.

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – US FCU has acquired a 30,000-square-foot the Alpha Office Tech Center in Bloomington from CUNA Mutual Group.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Genisys CU, the new credit union giant formed by the combination of USA CU and T&C FCU, is planning to add two branches this spring in Commerce Township and Shelby Township.

NEW ORLEANS – LA DOTD said it’s latest in-school credit union project, which will ne known as Hornet’s Nest CU, opened yesterday in Scotlandville Magnet High School.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – Wings Financial FCU, the $2 billion airline industry credit union, announced the opening of its 19th branch in the suburb of Edina will occur next month.

LAKELAND, Fla.-The construction of the state's first "net zero energy building" is more than just an environmental accomplishment - it's also the rallying point for a total re-branding effort on the part of one credit union.