Did you know that credit union pioneers from around the United States met up in Estes Park, Colorado for the purpose of creating a National Credit Union Organization? The Constitution and Bylaws were signed on August 10, 1934. That same year, the Federal Credit Union Act was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This helped promote thrift, savings, made credit available to not-for-profit credit unions and allowed for credit unions to be chartered under federal or state law. This was huge.
Our story began just 39 years later. Delighting members by providing lifelong value. This is our mission and we wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for 35 caring, passionate individuals. Back in 1973, 35 Johns Manville employees came together to help each other out by gathering their funds that started our credit union as a member-owned financial cooperative, originally named Johns Manville Federal Credit Union. This was just the beginning.
We started out serving only employees, retirees and the family members of Johns Manville. One of our values is people helping people which led us to expand our membership in 1998 to include other employer groups and local communities. This expansion allowed for our credit union to continue to grow and help our members achieve their financial goals by providing excellent service while guiding them through their financial journey. With our membership field expanding, we decided to change our name to better represent our members and identity.
In 2005, we changed our name to Colorado Credit Union. We couldn’t think of a better name to represent our credit union and our members.
