WATERTOWN, NY (September 3, 2013) -- On Monday, August 26, Northern Credit Union officially broke ground on its newest branch location, in the Town of LeRay community. The new building, which will be located on Route 11 in front of the Evans Mills Wal-Mart, will be Northern’s seventh branch. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
“LeRay is a growing community and we are excited to be a part of it,” said Dan St. Hilaire, President/CEO of Northern. “We are doing our part to ensure strong communities while providing consumers with convenient locations to handle their financial activities, and options for high-quality financial services.”
Joining St. Hilaire in scooping up the first shovelfuls of dirt were members of Northern’s key leadership team and board of directors, GYMO, P.C., site architect and engineer, and Hueber-Breuer Construction Company, Inc., contraction manager/site contractors.
Northern chose Hueber-Breuer Construction Company, Inc., to build the new branch. Established in 1880, the firm is currently managed by the fifth generation of its founding family. “Our history in the state of New York stretches back more than 130 years,” said James V. Breuer, President of Hueber-Breuer. “We believe in supporting the communities in which we work. To that end, we plan to use many North Country subcontractors, many of whom we have worked with previously.”
Additionally, Hueber-Breuer has assigned members of its staff who live in the North Country to this project. Louis Box, a resident of Sandy Creek, is the Project Manager and Scott Phelps, from Dexter, is the Superintendent. “We recently completed several projects in the Fort Drum/Evans Mills area,” said Box. “It’s exciting to be a part of the progress in this growing community.”
The new branch is designed to enhance member convenience with a self-service area featuring deposit-taking ATMs and an automatic coin counter; three SMART Offices, where members can speak with loan officers through video chat; four drive thru lanes equipped with ATM and SMART technology; and tablet equipped waiting areas.
Membership in Northern is open to any person living, working, worshiping or regularly conducting business in Jefferson, Lewis or Southern St. Lawrence counties. Other branch locations include two in Watertown with additional branches in Gouverneur, Lowville, Adams and West Carthage.
About Northern Credit Union
Northern Credit Union is a growing, federally insured financial institution and a leading provider of a full range of financial services to anyone who lives, works, worships or regularly conducts business in Jefferson, Lewis and Southern St. Lawrence counties. Northern CU serves the financial needs of more than 24,000 members through world-class technology systems, and through a convenient network of 6 branch locations, a virtual branch location and over 28,000 surcharge free ATMs. Founded over 55 years ago Northern CU continues to operate as a not-for-profit, member-owned financial cooperative with locations in the Watertown, Adams, Gouverneur, Lowville and West Carthage areas. Visit Northern CU at www.mynorthern.com or call 866-310-6328 to learn more.