Executives from the $29 billion State Employees' Credit Union and the city of Greenville, N.C., toured two formerly dilapidated homes the credit union renovated through its real estate management subsidiary, State Employees' Credit Union*Real Estate.

The renovated structures were the result of more than two years' partnership between the credit union and the city to identify economically troubled areas and distressed property for revitalization, mostly in West Greenville, the credit union said. It modeled its work in Greenville on a similar project in Durham, N.C., the credit union added.

Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas was on hand for the tour, along with Rose Glover, Greenville City Council member, Merrill Flood, City of Greenville's Director of Community Development, Niki Jones, City of Greenville's Community Development Senior Planner, Russ Taylor, SECU Senior Vice President of SECU*RE East, Sam Adams, SECU Senior Vice President of SECU*RE and Rich Hutson, SECU Senior Vice President of the Greenville-Charles Boulevard branch, SECU said in an announcement of the event.