Bank opens south coast business hub
24 March 2021, 7:30 PM
The Bendigo Bank branch in the Victor Central shopping Centre will close tomorrow, Friday 26 March, as a new chapter opens next week.
The Connect Victor Business Hub will launch on Monday 29 March at 138 Hindmarsh Road.
The new premises will incorporate a business hub/coworking space with casual seating areas and Wi-Fi, plus a boardroom available for hire by local people and businesses needing somewhere to conduct their meetings in a professional environment.
The meeting space will also be available free of charge for not-for-profit enterprises, who will be able to host evening events, AGMs and fundraisers to support their objectives.
Fleurieu Community Enterprises (FCE), which operates the Aldinga, Willunga and Goolwa Community Bank sites, has acquired Victor Harbor Bendigo Bank branch to extend its community banking across the entire Fleurieu Peninsula.
FCE Chair Ron Logan says the expansion will enhance its ability to provide grants, sponsorships and scholarships, in keeping with the Bank’s purpose to strengthen local communities and feed into prosperity, not off it.
“The acquisition of the Victor Harbor Branch will create a more viable and larger business across the Fleurieu and the new location will provide customers and staff with a more modern environment.”
It is one of the first branches to be designed in the Bank’s new livery and a café is expected to open at the hub in coming weeks.
“Our new premises at Connect Victor Business Hub is conveniently located not far from our old branch and provides better access with great parking right outside for customers, tradespeople and other community-minded businesses across the district,” Mr Logan says.
He says the Bendigo Community Bank model, which sees profits returned directly to the local community that helps generate them, has contributed almost $1.3 million to South Australian communities in the last financial year.
“This comprises more than $126,000 in donations, $576,000 in grants and $605,000 in sponsorships for initiatives decided by each of these local communities themselves”.