Vashon Gets a Credit Union (PSCCU)

The next big idea crystallized with the desire for Vashon to have a local credit union, after Bill Moyer, founder of the Backbone Campaign, came to Minglement with Mark Graham, who was unable to finance his home weatherization business through local banks. Jerry Henley, a retired resident who had built a big credit union in CA, offered advice about how to proceed. Instead of creating our own credit union from the ground up, Tag had the idea to bring Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union here. He learned about it after visiting the PSCCU booth, which was set up at a Vashon Earth Day event. In that first year, GreenTech raised an extraordinary 22 million in deposits—which astonished the credit union. Today, PSCCU is a very active financial institution that continues to serve the community well.