Grand Reopening Planned for New Montpelier Post Office
Vermont Business Magazine The Postal Service announced today the opening of our new retail Post Office location at 89 Main St. in Montpelier, VT, after 15 months without postal services in the state’s capital city. In addition to local Post Office Box service, this office will provide mail and package shipping, sales of postage and a variety of packing & shipping supplies. With a successful soft opening on Monday, October 7, the office is planning a Grand Reopening Celebration on Saturday, October 12, beginning at 9 a.m.
The hours of operation for our 89 Main St. location will be 8-5:30 Monday through Friday and 9-12:30 on Saturdays. The office will be closed on Sundays.
USPS said in a statement: "We thank our loyal customers for their patience as we underwent the process of seeking out a new location after last year’s flooding and building out our new space to best suit the needs of our Montpelier residents and businesses. We look forward to serving our downtown Montpelier community and being your shipper of choice for generations to come.
"Please stop by on Saturday and join us in celebrating this milestone."
Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) statement
“For over 450 days, Montpelier’s families, seniors, and businesses have waited for the U.S. Postal Service to stop stalling and reopen the Montpelier Post Office. After being pushed for months to act—by community members, postal workers, local and State leaders, and the Vermont Congressional Delegation—Vermonters will finally have access to this essential service in their own community once again. I will keep fighting for our local USPS workers, and continue my efforts to ensure better service for constituents across Vermont.
“There is no justifiable reason for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s failures in Montpelier, which for 15 months was the only capital city without a fully functional post office. The agency's internal benchmarks to restore service after a disaster were entirely dismissed and the USPS' national management has failed to respond to the needs of Vermont. Our State’s confidence in this essential service has been badly eroded, and we need to see concrete actions by the USPS Board of Governors and the national management to prove they can, indeed, deliver for small and rural communities. If opening a post office—a task this agency has done more than a thousand times in their 250-year history—is too challenging, they should consider a change in leadership.”
Representative Becca Balint (D-Vermont) statement
“It’s been more than a year and three months since families, small businesses, and seniors in the Montpelier area have had a full range of postal services and a fully functioning post office. A result of constant pressure and activism from our communities, postal workers, and local, state, and federal leaders, postal services will once again be restored in the Montpelier community.
“Postmaster General DeJoy failed our state’s capital by stalling restoration and leaving the community without answers for months, adding real hardships to a community already wrecked by flood damage. USPS cannot continue to leave small and rural communities behind.”
The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to nearly 165 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America’s most valued and trusted brands.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
Source: 10.7.2024. Montpelier, VT- usps.com
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