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EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University FCU celebrated the completion of its new 140,000 square-foot home offices last week.

ROCK HILL, S.C. – Family Trust FCU is holding a ”Sports Jersey Day” to promote the opening of its new Clover branch, the $220 million credit union’s seventh service center.

REIDSVILLE, N.C. – Reidsville High School yesterday opened the state's first student-run credit union, a branch of American Partners FCU.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio FCU has placed two ATMs at the Port of San Antonio to provide evacuees from Hurricane Ike access to funds.

EL PASO, Texas – GECU, formerly Government Employees CU, is completing construction of an 88,000-square-foot operations center that will consolidate the $1.4 billion credit union’s operations and executive staff.

LEWISBURG, Penn. – Town officials this week approved a plan by M-C FCU to redevelop part of the former La-Z-Boy furniture factory and showroom into a branch.

NORTH MEDFORD, Ore. – Rogue FCU yesterday broke ground on a new 14,000-square-foot service center that will house its mortgage and business loan officers, as well as investment and insurance representatives.

FAIRFAX, Va. – A story in yesterday’s Credit Union Journal Daily Briefing incorrectly stated the date for a grand opening for Apple FCU’s newest branch. It is Saturday, Sept. 6.

YORK, Penn. – First Capital FCU is building a “green” branch here that will include such environmental initiatives as reserved parking for fuel efficient vehicles, a rain water capture toilet system, and LED light fixtures.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU, which serves the area’s education community, will open a new branch in nearby Vienna Thursday, the second of four new facilities planned for this year.

ANDERSON, Ind. – Independent FCU yesterday said it has signed with LEVEL5 design and build its new main office and combined retail branch.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa Community CU is planning to build a 30,000 square-foot headquarters and branch in the northeast corner of the city.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. – Resources FCU said last week it has acquired 27 Opteva advanced functionality ATMs from Diebold.

LEWISBURG, Penn. – M-C Federal Credit Union has submitted a bid that would make it the first tenant in the redevelopment of the former property owned by furniture manufacturer Pennsylvania House.

HARRISBURG, Penn. – Belco Community CU was approved by state regulators to open two additional branches, one here and one in nearby Mechanicsburg.

BRAINTREE, Mass. – Liberty Bay CU is raffling off a dream vacation valued at $2,500 as part of the grand opening of its new branch here 20 miles south of the city, where the former Boston-based credit union relocated last year.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Kern Schools FCU is offering a raffle for a three-day, two night vacation getaway anywhere in the United States as part of the opening for its new branch.

GERMANTOWN, Md. – Montgomery County Employees FCU yesterday moved its offices from the Washington suburb of Rockville, Md., to nearby Germantown.

BETHPAGE, N.Y. – Bethpage FCU, which has added 13 new branches over the past four years, is working to create a standardized branch to reflect the credit union’s slogan, “Banking among friends.”

CINCINNATI - With the bursting housing bubble and the IndyMac debacle as a backdrop, investing in branch expansion may appear to be a shaky proposition. But several analysts say those factors could actually open a window of opportunity for credit unions that can brave the temptation to “sit tight.”