While it may have started small, no one is likely ever to accuse the $64 million Hope Community Credit Union of thinking small.
Founded in 1995 by current CEO Bill Bynum and some other like minded volunteers at the Anderson United Methodist Church in Jackson, Miss., Hope Community is the winner of the Credit Union Times 2009 Trailblazer Award for Outstanding Service to the Underserved.
The credit union got underway primarily as means to foster asset development, cooperation and self-empowerment among low-income Jackson residents.
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