Branch network

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The children and teens on the Escambia 4-H County Council voted yesterday to sell the 240 acres at their 4-H Center to Navy FCU, clearing the decks for a major expansion of the credit union’s giant call center campus here.

FAIRFAX, Va. – Apple FCU opened its 21st branch last week, inside the Winchester Medical Complex.

TAMPA, Fla. – USF FCU, which serves the University of South Florida, recently worked with USF Health to place an ATM in the hospital’s new downtown medical research center--the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation.

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin CU opened its fourth Milwaukee area branch in a newly constructed building in the Town of Brookfield.

GROTON, Conn. – Charter Oak FCU, the one-time credit union for Electric Boat submarine builders, unveiled plans for a new 60,000-square-foot, $16-million office project in nearby Waterford.

CHICAGO – The future of the branch office continues to be a matter of divided debate, as was made clear during a Colloquium here sponsored by the Filene Research Institute.

AUSTIN, Texas – A+ FCU on Wednesday said it plans to open a third high school branch in central Texas in Hendrickson High School in Pflugerville, which will be open to the public, as well as nearby elementary and middle schools.

BELLEVUE, Neb. – SAC FCU, originally the credit union for the Strategic Air Command, plans to build a $20-million, four-story headquarters in nearby Papillion, the start of what may become a new office park.

NEW YORK – Municipal CU, this city’s biggest credit union, opened a new branch in Harlem last week.

PHILADELPHIA – American Heritage FCU is opening a branch inside the Roxborough ShopRite supermarket to replace a former Citizens Bank in-store branch.

MANSFIELD, Texas – Texas Trust CU has opened a new branch in Grand Prairie and is planning to open another one in Mansfield.

FENTON, Mo. – Alliance CU has opened a Personal Service Branch that has no traditional tellers but relies on personal service representatives to provide member services.

SAN ANTONIO – Generations FCU celebrated the grand opening of five new branches inside H-E-B Grocery Stores Tuesday.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – 3Rivers FCU broke ground on its headquarters Wednesday, part of a $15-million project.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Greater Alliance FCU opened Bergen County’s first student-run credit union branch at Paramus High School last week.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Warren FCU is hunting for a new site after yesterday’s announcement that Main Street Market is closing the only grocery store in nearby Wellington, Colo., and with it an in-store branch of the credit union.

BRANDON, Fla. – The old Brandon Hometown Buffet, a favorite local eatery on Sunday mornings, will become a branch of Mid Florida CU this summer.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Pacific Crest FCU announced this afternoon it is acquiring two California branches from ailing PremierWest Bancorp.

TAUNTON, Mass. – Taunton FCU will be celebrating a grand opening for its new branch inside Trucchi’s Supermarket in Middleboro on Saturday.

JACKSON, Miss. – Hope CU has acquired a former BancorpSouth bank branch in Utica, Miss., which will replace the credit union’s temporary branch in the Utica Town Hall.