Community Star Credit Union

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832 Cleveland St, Elyria, OH, 44035  

The credit union was founded on January 25, 1938 under the name B-W Employees Federal Credit Union by Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company employees and executives. Based on their experiences with Westinghouse Credit Union, they were inspired to found a new credit union after the business merged with Bendix in 1937.


The credit union was founded on January 25, 1938 under the name B-W Employees Federal Credit Union by Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company employees and executives. Based on their experiences with Westinghouse Credit Union, they were inspired to found a new credit union after the business merged with Bendix in 1937. It kept its original name for the next 43 years despite enduring several location changes until the late 1950s when it opened its new Elyria office at 832 Cleveland Street, which is still in operation today.

B-W EFCU’s Board of Directors had many discussions regarding the credit union’s field of membership expanding, and by 1981 decided to formally change the credit union’s name, becoming BW Industrial Credit Union. The original field of membership for the credit union was restricted to employees of Bendix-Westinghouse. It continued to expand, first welcoming employees in the nearby industrial park on Cleveland Street in Elyria, then continued to grow through mergers. In 2001 it officially changed its name to Community Star Credit Union in order to open its field of membership to all of Lorain County.

In 2021, CommStar Credit Union expanded its field of membership to include anyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school in Lorain County, Cuyahoga County, Huron County, or Erie County.


LENDING PROFILE

Community Star Credit Union arranges the following loan types:
  • RESIDENTIAL: Hard Money , FHA , USDA , Construction loans , HELOC , VA
  • COMMERCIAL: Hard Money , Portfolio
  • LAND: Hard Money
Lending territories: OH

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