BRANCHING OUT

OSU Federal Credit Union, Corvallis, Ore., has announced the grand opening of its new Lebanon branch. OSUFCU has over $217 in assets and serves 31,978 members. Educational Community Credit Union, Jacksonville, Fla., has announced the opening of its tenth branch at Fleming Island. ECCU has $400 million in assets and serves over 65,000 members. Federal Aviation Administration Employees Credit Union, Oklahoma City, has awarded HBE Financial Facilities, a design-build firm, a $4.5 million contract for the construction of its new home office and retail space in Oklahoma City. FAA employees credit union has $167 million in assets and serves 30,006 members. Gateway Metro Credit Union, St. Louis, has announced the opening of its seventh branch in the Robert A. Young Federal Building. Gateway Metro CU has $80 million in assets and serves 16,180 members. Security Service FCU, San Antonio, has broken ground for its new corporate headquarters campus on La Cantera Parkway. SSFCU is utilizing an all-San Antonio development team and is projected to open in May, 2001. Dallas Teachers Credit Union, has contracted with HBE Financial Facilities, a design-build firm, to construct three new branch facilities in Lewisville, Irving and Plano, Texas. DTCU has $719 in assets and serves 137,173 members. Dupaco Community Credit Union, Dubuque, Iowa, has announced the grand opening of its new branch location in Galena, Illinois. According to President/CEO Bob Hoefer, the facility was built to better serve the growing number of members in Galena and surrounding communities. Dupaco Community CU has over $213 million in assets and serves 33,310 members Community Educators Credit Union, Rockledge, Fla., has welcomed Congressman Dave Weldon to speak to credit union employees at their weekly training/information session. Mr. Weldon's remarks covered a wide spectrum including gasoline pricing and politics in general in Washington, D.C. Royal Credit Union, Eau Claire, Wis., will be relocating its employee development and training center to the Farmers Store Office Plaza in downtown Eau Claire on June 1, 2000. This new space will enable RCU to conduct concurrent classes for new hires.