Event Phone: 401-732-1100
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Network At Nite with Navigant
August 21, 2024
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Expand your circle of contacts. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with peers, exchange ideas, and foster new professional relationships. We would be delighted to have you join Chamber Board Director and Navigant Branch Manager Felipe Gutierrez-Villa and his team for a night of good food and conversation.
Ticket includes 2 beverage tickets and lite fare. Menu to follow
[Water, soda, beer and wine will be served]
Tickets available online until 1 p.m. the day of the event. Tickets available at the door.
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Based in Smithfield, R.I., Navigant Credit Union is the longest-operating member-owned credit union in Rhode Island. Since its founding in 1915, Navigant Credit Union has been dedicated to providing its members with unparalleled financial products and services while working every day to improve the financial well-being of the families, businesses, and communities it serves across Rhode Island. With more than $3.7 billion in assets, more than 150,000 members and 25 physical branch locations, Navigant Credit Union is the oldest and largest credit union in Rhode Island and among the state’s strongest and most trusted financial institutions.
Earning a five-star rating, Navigant Credit Union was listed as one of America’s best regional banks and credit unions by Newsweek in 2024. It is consistently ranked as one of Rhode Island’s Best Place to Work by Providence Business News and was rated the state’s top credit union and mortgage lender in 2022 and 2023 by the Providence Journal Readers’ Choice Awards.
Please note: Events must be paid prior to, or at event. The Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Inc. advises all to drink responsibly.
If you, or any of your guests, have food allergies or special dietary restrictions please notify us within 48 hours of the event so accommodations can be made. Persons registered for an event will be charged unless cancellation notice is given to the Chamber 72 hours in advance.
Venue: Navigant Credit Union - Warwick Avenue
Venue Phone: 401-233-4700
Venue Website: http://www.navigantcu.org
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Description:
Warwick Avenue Branch
Navigant Credit Union possesses a rich history of providing financial services to individuals and
families throughout Rhode Island. For 100 years the Credit Union has served the Blackstone Valley Area. This heritage provides a solid foundation on which we continue to build.
Our business launched in 1915 in the basement of Notre Dame Parish in Central Falls – one year after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law allowing so-called “loan societies” like ours to incorporate as credit unions. Our incorporation papers were filed on March 9, 1915 at the office of the Secretary of State, and – just like that – “La Credit Union de Notre Dame de Central Falls” became Rhode Island’s first credit union.
In the early 1920’s the Credit Union changed its name to Credit Union Central Falls as a means of distinguishing itself from Notre Dame Parish. Some eighty plus years later the Credit Union changed its name again. The decision to change Credit Union Central Falls to Navigant Credit Union was made to reflect the ability to serve a larger membership beyond the Blackstone Valley and not to be tied to one geographic location.
From the very beginning, our mission has been to improve the financial lives of our members. We are committed to the financial well-being of the families, businesses and communities where we serve.
Navigant Credit Union was the vision of six community leaders who recognized a need and took the necessary action to make it a reality. The area was expanding rapidly with the textile mills dominating the landscape in virtually every direction. New families were moving into the area at a rapid pace. The world was in turmoil with World War I, putting new demands on nations from both sides of the Atlantic. And with the textile industry employing large numbers of the area’s population, there was the need for a friendly financial institution in which working people could have confidence.
From that humble beginning in 1915 Navigant Credit Union continues to experience significant growth. At the end of its first year in operation in 1915, the Credit Union recorded assets of $22,000. Fifty years later at the end of 1964, assets exceeded $15,000,000. And today after world wars, a worldwide depression and a tremendous shift in the demographic make-up of the community, Navigant Credit Union continues to grow.
Now at more than $1.8 billion in assets, Navigant Credit Union is among the largest credit unions in Rhode Island and one of the strongest in the country – but it never lost its community-driven values.