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  Freedom First CU Breaks Ground on Community Revitalization Space

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 22, 2013

  Roanoke, Va., credit union taking part in urban mix project with commercial and meeting space.

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  CDFI Awards Seek to Make Big Impact on Underserved

  By David Morrison  |  August 27, 2012

  Money from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund’s latest round of funding will help credit unions offer members alternatives to high cost payday and auto loans, improved savings options, financial education and loans to bring fresh food into neighborhoods that currently do not have any, according to...

• Freedom First CU Part of Virginia City's Revitalization Project

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  August 10, 2012

  Roanoke neighborhood focus of joint effort that includes a new credit union branch.

• New Orleans CU Fights Food 'Deserts'

  By David Morrison  |  October 10, 2011

  An innovative community development credit union that serves the greater New Orleans area is one of 12 financial institutions to receive federal grant money to help improve the quality of food in their areas.

• Person-to-Person Offerings Proliferate, Extend Service, Protect Turf

  By Claude R. Marx  |  June 2, 2010

  BECU went live on March 20 with person-to-person payments and since then has moved approximately $700,000 for about 5,000 newly enrolled users.