Sharing the American dream!

Individual wealth-creating activities are more important than ever in our increasingly global economy. Unfortunately, access to capital has been a persistent problem for any distressed communities. Canaan Credit Union offers a self-help route to financial independence. Together, members pool resources to provide federally insured lending, investment, and financial services within our own community.

A facet of our economic empowerment provides a forum to coach community members on financial and economic principles. Community-wide instruction includes relevant topics such as building personal savings, living happily on a budget, being a strategic consumer, and investment decision-making.

In the future, we will provide small business development counseling services for budding entrepreneurs. This service will provide networking opportunities, identify local resources, assist with market feasibility studies, and business plan development.

One small step at a time, we can build the resources needed to participate in and advance our nation’s economy.


Consolidated Development Corporation

The Consolidated Development Corporation is a not-for-profit community development organization that seeks to guide community improvement of its economically distressed areas.
Consolidated Development Corporation seeks to:
  • Relieve the financial encumbrance of church-sponsored programs from the church budget.
  • Provide alternative sources of funding for youth programs and other outreach social service programs.
  • Provide funding to rehabilitate housing in distressed neighborhoods for low to moderate income families.
  • Provide funding to develop senior citizen housing and elderly social service programs.
  • Provide funding to help families and low to moderate income families receive financial assistance to establish small business and receive other entrepreneurial technical assistance.
  • Provide funding for career and job-retention training programs for low to moderate income individuals.

    Consolidated Development Corporation seeks to become effective in:
  • Housing rehabilitation development, and assistance;
  • Initiation and review of all neighborhood planning;
  • Provision of health and support services;
  • Creation and retention of commercial and industrial jobs; and
  • Provision of skills training for local residents
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