Buffalo Business First:Â The U.S. Postal Service will follow through on a plan to sell its Ellicott Station building in downtown Buffalo, the agency confirmed Friday. Â USPS indicated in late January that it was exploring a sale of the post office branch at 701 Washington Street, while moving to a smaller footprint in the same area for Post Office Box and … Read More
Postal Service proposing relocation of Pooler GA Post Office
savannahnow.com: For more than 40 years, the Pooler Post Office has sat on the corner of U.S. 80 and Pinewood Drive [in Pooler, GA]. Initially a good size for the surrounding city, the post office has become more than inconvenient as Pooler’s population has exploded to more than 20,000 people.Parking on-site is limited. Lines can be frustratingly long. Pooler Mayor Mike … Read More
Civic Center Post Office in San Francisco to Relocate
Hoodline: After years of complaints about the squalid conditions of the Civic Center Post Office at Hyde and Golden Gate in San Francisco, USPS has finally set a date for its relocation.Starting April 25th, those who rent postboxes at the soon-to-be-demolished 101 Hyde will begin receiving their mail at Fox Plaza (1390 Market St.) USPS is relocating the existing postboxes the previous day; no … Read More
Downtown Madison, WI post office headed for relocation
The Postal Service is planning to relocate the current Madison Capital Station Post Office, located at 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, in Madison, Wisconsin, to a yet-to be-determined location within the same ZIP Code and service area. Â The post office is currently located in the City-County Building in the heart of the city. Â There will be a meeting about … Read More
Postal Service plans to close Washington St PO in Buffalo
The U.S. Post Office is planning to close the Ellicott Station post office on Washington Street in Buffalo, sell the building, and move retail services to a smaller, leased location. Representatives of the Postal Service will present a proposal at the Common Council Chambers at Niagara Square on January 26. The Washington Street facility was built in 1978, but the Postal … Read More
Downtown Lee Summit MO post office closing, reopening in annex
Signs at the Lee Summit, MO, post office confirm what residents have been expecting. The downtown post office is closing and being "relocated" to an inconveniently located carrier annex on the outskirts of town. “It’s disappointing the postal office is being taken away from downtown and moved to an inconvenient location for many residents of Lee’s Summit,” District 1 Councilman … Read More
Another post office in Houston earmarked for relocation and disposal
The Postal Service hasn’t discontinued many post offices over the past couple of years, but it has closed some for emergency suspensions, and it has also relocated several others. In some cases, the Postal Service relocated from one leased property to another, moving to a smaller space where the rent was cheaper. In other cases, the Postal Service moved out … Read More
Decision to relocate and sell downtown post office in Provo already a done deal?
The Postal Service is working behind the scenes on a deal to relocate the post office on 100 South in downtown Provo, Utah, and to sell the building to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. According to a news report in the Daily Herald, on Thursday of this week Postmaster General Megan Brennan visited the downtown post office, and … Read More
Post office to exit two federal buildings in Louisiana
Mayor Jamie Mayo says the Postal Service has informed him the federal building in Monroe, Louisiana, is going to need additional space, so the post office will need to relocate. The Postal Service will hold a public meeting about the relocation next week, but it looks like a done deal. Just a couple of weeks ago, the Postal Service also announced … Read More
PRC dismisses appeal on relocation of North Platte PO; Goldway dissents
The Postal Regulatory Commission has dismissed the appeal on the relocation of the post office in North Platte, Nebraska. Â The Postal Service will now proceed to close the downtown post office and replace it with a counter in the carrier annex on the outskirts of town. Â Commission Ruth Goldway issued a dissenting opinion, arguing that there was evidence that the … Read More
Postal Service will seek new location for Old Greenwich post office
The Postal Service plans to close their longstanding facility on Arcadia Road in Old Greenwich, Conn. At a meeting this week, USPS officials sought to ease Old Greenwich residents' concerns about the loss of their local post office. Most services, they promised, will remain in or near the village. The goal is to find a new site in Old Greenwich for retail operations … Read More
North Platte appeals relocation of downtown post office
The City of North Platte, Nebraska, has filed an appeal with the Postal Regulatory Commission, challenging the Postal Service’s decision to close the downtown post office and replace it with a retail operation in a carrier annex and processing center located in an industrial park on the outskirts of town. Â The letter of appeal notes that the Postal Service did … Read More
Another post office gets annexed: North Platte to relocate from downtown to industrial tract
The Postal Service is continuing to close downtown post offices and move retail services to inconveniently located postal facilities on the outskirts of town. While it may be efficient for carrier annexes and mail processing plants to be located where there's plenty of room for parking for postal workers and easy access for delivery trucks, these facilities were never intended … Read More
Another Houston post office to close & relocate
The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to potentially move retail services from the Heights station at Yale and 11th in Houston to an annex on West 19th Street. If the relocation happens, the post office at 1050 Yale – officially known as the Heights Finance Station – would be closed. The Postal Service has already relocated four other Houston … Read More
New OIG report faults USPS on post office relocations
The USPS Office of Inspector General has released a long-awaited audit report on the post office relocation process. The report faults the Postal Service on a number of counts — lack of transparency, not following postal regulations, the conflicting roles of the Vice President of Facilities — and it has already led management to promise to make some changes. The full … Read More
Five Houston post offices up for relocation and sale
A representative of the Postal Service gave a presentation at yesterday's Houston City Council meeting about the potential relocation of five post offices, all owned by the USPS. Federal regulations require the Postal Service to attned a meeting of elected officials or to hold a separate meeting in the affected community, but there's usually a meeting for each post office … Read More