History of CCCU

1960'S

1961 - Credit Union chartered by 20 United Telephone employees. Located in the Dean building at 602 State Street.

1962 - Credit Union operated by volunteers.

1963 - Credit Union starting to make small loans…up to $500.00!

1968 - Hired first part time employee. All transactions done by hand.

1970's

1975 - Credit Union went to batch processing - sent work to processor weekly.

1978 - $1,000,000 celebration! Also moved to the Port of Hood River, where United Telephone was leasing property.

1980's

1981 - Moved to the Keir Drug Store building.

1982- Moved to the Hershner and Bell building. Rates for car loans reached a record high of 18%! Rates on shares 15%!

1983 - Credit Union 105% loaned out! Those were the good old days!

1986 - Celebrated 25 years of service to Credit Union members.

1987- Moved to the Waucoma building. Installed an "in house" computer system. $5.000,000 in assets!

1989 - Share drafts introduced.

1990's

1991 -Visa Credit Card offered.

1992 -Added our first Select Employee Group: Hood River Memorial Hospital!

1994 - Credit Committee disbanded. Moved across the hall to a newly remodeled larger office space in the Waucoma building.

1995 - Credit Union rated as top benefit in Sprint Employee survey! Debit cards offered.

1996 - Celebrated $10,000,000 in assets at year-end! Telephone Teller installed.

1997 -We began offering Home Equity loans in September.

1998 - Became a State Chartered Credit Union. Name changed to Cascade Central Credit Union on May 1, 1998.

1999 - January our branch at 1206 12th opened.

2000's

2000 - Bought the building our branch was in, remodeled, and moved the whole office up to the heights in November.

2001 - The age of technology. We have a web site and on-line banking. $15,000,000 in Assets. 40 years of service to our members!!