New credit union bound for Isabella Road

By: Dan Schultz

Edited by: Noah Sheperdson and Alexis Kowaleski

Land has been cleared and plans have been made for a new credit union located on the southwest corner of Isabella and Broadway Roads in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

Central Michigan Community Federal Credit Union, a staple of the central Michigan economy for 59 years, will break ground Monday, February 4.

Grady Graham Construction will oversee building for the Clare-based credit union, with sights set for a grand opening in the early summer.

“We hope to be there by July 1, Wanda Rawson said. Rawson and her fellow credit union employees could not be any happier with the progress.

“We’re coming down!” she exclaimed. Rawson, the CEO of Central Michigan Community Federal Credit Union, was ecstatic to talk about the new credit union, and why not – plans for a project of this proportion have been going on for years.

“It’s taken a little over six years,” she said. “We finally got aggressive in the real estate market in the last two years.”

The Union Township planning commission has seen the process from its beginning, and has not met any difficulties.

Woody Woodruff, Union Township zoning administrator, said the process has moved rather quickly and “everything matches up.”

“This means that the project is not subject to public scrutiny, even though other zoning ordinances can be,” he explained. The community usually has a say in controversial establishments, but a credit union requires no public deliberation.

The Union Township planning commission will decide the exterior features of the building, taking into consideration parking, traffic flow and even landscaping possibilities.

According to reports, Isabella Road may be widened and connected to U.S. Highway 127, but that remains to be seen by the planning commission.

As a community charter, Central Michigan Community Federal Credit Union will be open to all citizens of Mount Pleasant, including students and faculty of Central Michigan University.