was established in 1968 to serve the needs of the employees of the Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Plant. The State of Ohio granted a charter to operate on March 20, 1968. The officers and organizing officials of RCU sought employees to join the credit union for 25 cents. Those who joined were encouraged to keep their deposits in a share account so the money could be loaned out to oth
er members in need. The original RCU team was led by George and Pearl Fornnarino. In the early years, it was not uncommon for members to drop off membership cards and deposits at the Fornnario home. In fact, the basement of their home served as a temporary office until Union Carbide provided at its facilities for RCU to conduct its business. In 1996, RCU moved into a newly constructed office building at its current location in Belpre, Ohio. Riverview received a community charter to serve all of Washington County, Ohio in 2000. In 2018, Riverview converted to a federal charter in order to expand Its field of membership and reach newpotential members in additional counties on both sides of the Ohio River. Today, Riverview membership is open to any person who lives, works, worships, or attends schools in Washington, Noble, Morgan, or Monroe Counties in Ohio, or Wood, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt, or Jackson Counties in West Virginia. Immediate family members of a current Riverview member and organizations operating in our field of membership also remain eligible to join. Call, click, or visit one of our offices today to ask about becoming a RCU member!
