Keene Wealth Management opened its doors July 1 of this year. On October 30, they celebrated their official ribbon cutting and grand opening of their office located at 909 Vermillion Street, Suite 110. 2004 Hastings Graduate Luke Keene brings his financial management expertise to Hastings with his office occupying the former Green Mill Champions Room.
The grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration was a smashing success for Keene Wealth Management with dozens of people visiting the new office space that has a very open and modern feel for a space of just over 800 square feet. Luke Keene grew up on a farm in Denmark Township and he has loved Hastings for as long as he can remember.
“In fact, one of the things that I'm remembering now that I was voted senior year in high school was most likely to live in Hastings forever. I believe that kind of came to fruition. My wife and I have lived in Woodbury since 2008 to this past June. We moved back after a lot of discussions, a lot of prayer, and just decided that this was the direction we really wanted to go in our life, for our kids, as well as for the business. 2024 has been very, very busy, but I am really excited to be back in town already. I have only been in this office space for three months. I have several people who just stop by to say hi throughout the day. If my dad's running into town to run errands, he'll swing by. My mom will swing by with some flowerpots, and it's just fantastic being back connected to the local community, and then to be able to provide an important service, as well as people look to retire and need help with that,” explained Keene.
Keene Wealth Management offers full wealth management services.
“We are primarily trying to work with people who are within that five to 10 year of retirement range. Most of the time, it means they've done a lot of stuff up until that point, and they need help getting organized so that they can transition into that next phase of retirement. But really, I'll work with people earlier on as well, people who really just need some direction as far as where to save, how to efficiently save, what vehicles should be used to save. Just helping people maximize what's available to them and help them meet their financial goals,” he added.
The decision to move the business to Hastings started to come to fruition at the beginning of the year.
“That is when everything kind of had its genesis, when I had come to the conclusion that this was a move that we wanted to make as a family, and really, I started looking for space, and I do still have a long-term goal of getting a building downtown at some point. I just love those old buildings, so I'm keeping my eyes open. But as I was looking for space to rent in Hastings, I looked at a few different spots, and my sister, Abby, who works at Premier Bank, had mentioned that the Green Mill space was vacant. So, I had reached out to Casey, took a tour, and it really looked like it was going to be a good fit. What I liked about it, too was it was a blank slate. So, this was an 800-square foot rectangle that I had kind of envisioned what I wanted it to look like. I drew it out on a piece of paper and the contractor we worked with was Gary LaChance at Red Wing construction, they did a phenomenal job,” said Keene.
Lawrence Interiors did the floors and shades, and Keene Wealth Management had a Hastings office.
Keene joined the wealth management industry in 2007 after graduating from St. John’s. He started with Northwestern Mutual as an intern then joined Mike Leverty of Leverty Financial Group in Hudson, Wisconsin in 2008. He stayed with Leverty until this summer.
Keene Wealth Management is ready to help you with your financial needs, visit www.keene-wealth.com, call 651-432-4216 or stop by the office at 909 Vermillion Street, Suite 110.