Farm Credit Services of Mid-America Monday held their ground breaking event for the new office in Greensburg, Indiana affirming the agricultural cooperative’s commitment to agriculture and fostering growth in rural America.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Farm Credit office in downtown Greensburg and was attended by several Farm Credit board members, advisors and staff as well as Farm Credit builders and contractors. Members of the chamber and Mayor Gary Herbert were also in attendance. The new Greensburg office will be located on the same lot as the current building at 1512 West Main Street.
Hollie Bunn, Farm Credit’s regional vice president southwest Indiana, said the new office will represent the latest in technology and design and will be able to accommodate a growing staff. “The location of our office was perfect in terms of customer access, but the current building really didn’t project the image or have the space or technology needs to keep pace with an ever-evolving agricultural market.” Bunn said the old building will be demolished to make way for the new 3,800 square foot facility which should be open by mid-2012.
Farm Credit Services is an agricultural cooperative lender serving more than 92,500 members throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. Headquartered in Louisville, Farm Credit has offered loans for farm and rural financial needs for 95 years, including real estate, operating, equipment and housing loans plus related services, such as crop insurance and leasing. With 92 offices and more than 925 employees, Farm Credit is backed by the strength of $18 billion in loan assets. Locally, the Greensburg staff serves 790 customers with a $190 million portfolio in the six-county area of Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley and Switzerland.
The nine-person staff at Greensburg includes Financial Services Officers Brett Anderson, John Evans and Tony Denger. Customer Service Representatives are Sally Cuskaden, Jackie Bedel and Jenny Jones. Other staff members are Office Assistant Kathleen Lecher, Crop Insurance Specialist Cody Gault and Appraiser Gus Spiccuza.
The Greensburg office represents the 20th renovation or rebuild in a series of construction projects over the last five years for the ag lending cooperative with the objective to modernize and update offices. An additional four office building projects, three of which are in Indiana, are scheduled for completion by the end of 2012.
Pictured are Front row (left to right): Jeff Emsweller (Executive Director of Decatur County Chamber of Commerce), Mayor Gary Herbert, Gary Davis (FCS advisor), David Lynn (FCS leader), John Evans (FCS Financial Services Officer), Jenny Jones (FCS Customer Service Representative), Hollie Bunn Dearwester (FCS leader), Kevin Cox (FCS Board), Kaye Whitehead (FCS Board), George Stebbins (FCS Board Chair). Back row (left to right): Kathleen Lecher (FCS Office Assistant), Tony Denger (FCS Financial Services Officer), Cody Gault (FCS Crop Insurance Specialist), Brett Anderson (FCS Financial Services Officer), Jackie Bedel (FCS Customer Service Representative), Rick Stahl (builder), Sally Cuskaden (FCS Customer Service Representative), Kathryn Eschbacher-Timberlake (FCS Board) and Tony Wolfe (FCS Board)
Photo by Rob Cox, Greensburg Daily News
Source: Farm Credit Services release
