Community Credit Union of Florida opens branch, lending center in Viera
Community Credit Union of Florida opens branch in Viera
Community Credit Union of Florida, a Brevard County-based, member-owned financial cooperative, recently celebrated the opening of a new full-service branch and residential and lending center at 5340 Stadium Parkway, Viera.
The Viera West location is the eighth for Community Credit Union of Florida, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in August.
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“We are thrilled to be a part of Viera’s growth and to support the residents with products, services and financial education,” said Laurie Cappelli, the credit union’s president and chief executive officer.
The Viera branch will provide personal service in-store, along with the self-service convenience in the drive-through utilizing 24/7 Interactive Teller Machines that provide members with remote virtual assistance or standard ATM functionality.
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Financial product and service offerings include checking and savings accounts; auto, personal and mortgage loans; business accounts; and commercial lending services.
Many CCU Florida employees also are Certified Credit Union Financial Counselors and are equipped to provide financial guidance and counseling.
Optical retailer Warby Parker opens at The Avenue Viera
Warby Parker has opened a new store at The Avenue Viera.
This is the company's 16th store in Florida and first in Brevard County.
Warby Parker calls itself "a one-stop shop" for vision-care needs. The store will carry sun and optical eyewear offerings, including the company's new Memory Metal and Fall 2023 collections, as well as its brand of daily contact lenses, Scout by Warby Parker, plus third-party contacts.
Exclusively at The Avenue Viera store will be colorful custom store artwork by artist Hye Jin Chung.
The company offered limited-edition tote bags with any eyewear purchase, while supplies last.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Warby Parker to The Avenue Viera,” said Kyle Cooper, general manager of The Avenue Viera. “Warby Parker is committed to community, and we’re excited to provide our guests with access to high-quality vision care, services and incredible products.”
Warby Parker’s mission is to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose and style. The store will offer eye exams and carry their full optical and sun eyewear offerings.
“We’re excited to expand our retail presence in Florida with our 16th store in the state and first store in the Melbourne area, just in time for holiday shopping,” said Sandy Gilsenan, chief retail and customer experience officer at Warby Parker. “Our goal is to always meet our customers where they are, and we’re so happy to join The Avenue Viera to make it more convenient for the Melbourne community to access affordable, holistic vision care in one place.”
The vision-care retailer is located next to Talbots near lululemon and Sephora.
Warby Parker was founded in 2010 with a mission to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose and style — without charging a premium for it. Headquartered in New York City, the co-founder-led lifestyle brand pioneers ideas, designs products and develops technologies that help people see, from designer-quality prescription glasses (starting at $95) and contacts, to eye exams and vision tests available online and in more than 215 retail stores across the United States and Canada.
The brand believes in vision for all, which is why, for every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold, it distributes a pair to someone in need through their Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. To date, Warby Parker has worked alongside its nonprofit partners to distribute more than 13 million glasses to people in need.
For more information about Warby Parker, go to https://www.warbyparker.com/.
National Space Club-Florida honors four Aerodyne workers
The National Space Club-Florida Committee recently honored four employees of Aerodyne Industries. The awards were made at the 2023 Celebrate Space Awards Banquet on Oct. 13 at the Radisson Resort in Cape Canaveral.
The Aerodyne employees recognized were Tom Clark, Eric Duffin and Marianne Idzi. They were inducted in the Class of 2023 Space Worker Hall of Fame. Sara Karimi was named Rising Star. They support NASA’s Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering & Test contract, known as COMET.
“We are extremely proud of our group of 2023 honorees, and I want to thank the National Space Club-Florida Committee for doing so much to increase awareness of America’s aerospace programs,” Aerodyne Chief Executive Officer Andy Allen said. “Sara, Marianne, Tom and Eric symbolize what is best about Aerodyne and epitomize the passion and dedication exhibited by all of our employees across the country.”
The Aerodyne honorees were joined by six teammates on COMET also inducted in the Hall of Fame: Joe Hamilton, Shelby Roberts and Ed Sikora of ERC; and Teresa Annulis, Ira Erteschik and John Sterritt of Jacobs.
Aerodyne Industries, founded in 2006, is an engineering and information-technology services firm headquartered in Cape Canaveral. Its clients include NASA, the Missile Defense Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of State and others.
For more information about Aerodyne, go to www.aerodyneindustries.com
Synergy Massage's Kilburn wins massage therapy honor
Alicia Kilburn, owner of Synergy Massage Inc. in Cocoa Village, recently earned a second-place honor in the first Florida Massage Championship.
The event took place in Atlanta, because it was shared with Georgia Massage Championship.
Kilburn, a licensed massage therapist for 14 years, also competed in the International Massage Competition in July in Copenhagen, Denmark. In her category, western freestyle massage, Kilburn placed 19th out of 80 competitors.
Kilburn recently opened a new location for Synergy Massage, at 625 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village.
She can be reached at 321-614-8591, or go to synergymassageinc.com.
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