NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Texas Farm Credit Services held a groundbreaking ceremony March 23 at the site of its future Nacogdoches office.
Once open, the new office at 3338 Park St., just west of Northeast Stallings Drive, will replace the office on Northwest Stallings Drive that the lender has occupied since the early 1980s. The 3,600-square-foot building is scheduled for completion at the end of 2017.
The lending cooperative’s Nacogdoches branch has long served rural communities in Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine and Shelby counties. As a tribute to the woodlands of East Texas, it is preserving as many trees as possible at its new 2.5-acre forested site. Native woods also will be showcased in the new building, such as in cypress scissor trusses in the entryway and lobby.
“Texas Farm Credit has an exceptional team dedicated to serving the financial needs of the farmers, ranchers and timberland owners of East Texas,” said Angela Shannon, vice president of forest products lending and Nacogdoches branch manager. “This new building will reflect the values that we hold dear, and the building materials will highlight the industries that we serve. I’m eager to share it with our customers and the whole community.”
The office building will include many features and technology upgrades designed to enhance day-to-day operations and customer service. A large board room also will be available for use by community groups, said Shannon, who chairs the Nacogdoches Agriculture Committee, which hosts the annual Nacogdoches County Agriculture Appreciation and Awareness Banquet.
Attending the groundbreaking were Nacogdoches architect Laura Culpepper, who designed Texas Farm Credit’s new offices in Nacogdoches and Fairfield, Alvin Stanaland of local firm Alvin Stanaland Construction LLC, who will oversee the project, and Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce President C. Wayne Mitchell. Texas Farm Credit Board Chairman Jerry Chappell, Director Bobby Hobson, CEO Mark Miller, and local branch office employees Shannon, Brittnie Barton and Stonie Kirk also attended.
Texas Farm Credit finances agricultural operations, agribusinesses, rural real estate and homes. Headquartered in Robstown, it serves 100 Texas counties and has lending offices in Athens, Bandera, Beaumont, Bonham, Brenham, Clarksville, Fairfield, Gainesville, Hebbronville, Nacogdoches, Paris, Pleasanton, Raymondville, Robstown, San Antonio, Sulphur Springs, The Woodlands, Tyler, Uvalde and Weslaco. It is part of the nationwide Farm Credit System, a network of rural financing cooperatives established in 1916.
—Texas Farm Credit
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