[Update 5:15 p.m.] Hundreds of mail-handling facilities have been named in a shutdown list released Thursday by the U.S. Postal Service as the agency tries to cut massive red ink.
The potential closings are the latest chapter in a fundamental overhaul of the agency that may also mean closing thousands of smaller post offices across the country, and cuts in tens of thousands of Postal Service jobs in years to come.
It may also result in a slightly longer time for the delivery of first-class mail.
"It is no exaggeration to say that we are radically re-aligning the way that we process mail, the way that we deliver mail, and the way that we operate our retail network," Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told reporters at a Thursday briefing.
The latest list targets 252 processing facilities and related "network transportation," as the Postal Service calls its distribution system, which now consists of 487 facilities.
"Our immediate goal is to reduce our total costs by $20 billion by 2015," Donahoe said, including $3 billion in anticipated savings from the facilities realignment announced Thursday.
[Original post] The U.S. Postal Service released a list of locations that will be studied in order to decide whether they will be closed or consolidated as the agency tries to cut massive red ink.
The potential closings are the latest chapter in a fundamental overhaul of the agency that may also mean closing thousands of smaller post offices across the country, and cuts in tens of thousands of Postal Service jobs in years to come.
The latest list targets nearly 250 processing facilities and related "network transportation," as the Postal Service calls its distribution system. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe planned a news conference Thursday to explain the changes.
"With the dramatic decline in mail volume and the resulting excess capacity, maintaining a vast national infrastructure is no longer realistic," Donahoe said ahead of the news conference.
The US Postal Service is considering outsourcing some of its basic services to some local town halls, mini-marts or malls. It opened its first so-called "village post offices" last month in tiny Malone, Washington.
With the proposed change, postal officials say customers can expect a first class letter to take two or three days, instead of the one-to-three day standard the existing delivery system was designed to meet.
The full list below in alphabetical order by state:
POST OFFICE | CITY | STATE |
Anniston AL CSMPC | Anniston | AL |
Dothan AL CSMPC | Dothan | AL |
Huntsville AL P&DF | Huntsville | AL |
Mobile AL Annex | Mobile | AL |
Tuscaloosa AL CSMPC | Tuscaloosa | AL |
Fayetteville AR P&DF | Fayetteville | AR |
Harrison AR CSMPC | Harrison | AR |
Hot Springs Ntl Pk AR CSMPC | Hot Springs National Park | AR |
Jonesboro AR CSMPC | Jonesboro | AR |
Little Rock Lindsey Road AR Annex | Little Rock | AR |
East Valley AZÂ DDC | Gilbert | AZ |
North Valley AZÂ DDC | Phoenix | AZ |
Tucson AZ P&DC | Tucson | AZ |
Bakersfield CA P&DC | Bakersfield | CA |
Eureka CA CSMPC | Eureka | CA |
Herb Peck CA Annex | Los Angeles | CA |
Industry CA P&DC | City Of Industry | CA |
Long Beach CA P&DC | Long Beach | CA |
Midway CA P&DF | San Diego | CA |
Modesto CA CSMPC | Modesto | CA |
North Bay CA DDC | Petaluma | CA |
North Bay CA P&DC | Petaluma | CA |
North Peninsula CA DDC | Burlingame | CA |
Pasadena CA P&DC | Pasadena | CA |
Redding CA CSMPC | Redding | CA |
San Bernardino CA P&DC | San Bernardino | CA |
Stockton CA P&DC | Stockton | CA |
Van Nuys CA FSS Annex | Van Nuys | CA |
Alamosa CO CSMPC | Alamosa | CO |
Colorado Springs CO P&DC | Colorado Springs | CO |
Durango CO CSMPC | Durango | CO |
Salida CO CSMPC | Salida | CO |
Southern Connecticut CT P&DC | Wallingford | CT |
Stamford CT P&DC | Stamford | CT |
Wilmington DE P&DF | New Castle | DE |
Ft Lauderdale FL P&DC | Fort Lauderdale | FL |
Ft Myers FL P&DC | Fort Myers | FL |
Gainesville FL P&DF | Gainesville | FL |
Lakeland FL P&DC | Lakeland | FL |
Manasota FL P&DC | Sarasota | FL |
Orlando FL P&DC | Orlando | FL |
Panama City FL P&DF | Panama City | FL |
South Florida FL P&DC | Pembroke Pines | FL |
St Petersburg FL P&DC | Saint Petersburg | FL |
Acworth GA CSMPC | Acworth | GA |
Albany GA CSMPC | Albany | GA |
Athens GA P&DF | Athens | GA |
Augusta GA P&DF | Augusta | GA |
Cartersville GA CSMPC | Cartersville | GA |
Columbus GA CSMPC | Columbus | GA |
Douglasville GA CSMPC | Douglasville | GA |
Marietta GAÂ DDC | Marietta | GA |
Savanna PO CSMPC | Savannah | GA |
Savannah GA P&DF | Savannah | GA |
Swainsboro GA CSMPC | Swainsboro | GA |
Valdosta GA CSMPC | Valdosta | GA |
Waycross GA CSMPC | Waycross | GA |
Carroll IA CSMPC | Carroll | IA |
Cedar Rapids IA P&DF | Cedar Rapids | IA |
Creston IA CSMPC | Creston | IA |
Waterloo IA P&DF | Waterloo | IA |
Pocatello ID CSMPC | Pocatello | ID |
Bloomington IL P&DF | Bloomington | IL |
Carbondale IL CSMPC | Carbondale | IL |
Centralia IL CSMPC | Centralia | IL |
Effingham IL CSMPC | Effingham | IL |
Fox Valley IL P&DC | Fox Valley | IL |
Irving Park IL P&DC | Chicago | IL |
Quincy IL P&DF | Quincy | IL |
Rockford IL P&DC | Rockford | IL |
Springfield IL P&DC | Springfield | IL |
Bloomington IN P&DF | Bloomington | IN |
Columbus IN CSMPC | Columbus | IN |
Gary IN P&DC | Gary | IN |
Kokomo IN P&DF | Kokomo | IN |
Lafayette IN P&DF | Lafayette | IN |
Muncie IN P&DF | Muncie | IN |
South Bend IN P&DC | South Bend | IN |
Terre Haute IN P&DF | Terre Haute | IN |
Colby KS CSMPC | Colby | KS |
Dodge City KS CSMPC | Dodge City | KS |
Hays KS CSMPC | Hays | KS |
Hutchinson KS CSMPC | Hutchinson | KS |
Liberal KS CSMPC | Liberal | KS |
Salina KS CSMPC | Salina | KS |
Topeka KS P&DF | Topeka | KS |
Bowling Green KY P&DF | Bowling Green | KY |
Campton KY CSMPC | Campton | KY |
Elizabethtown KY CSMPC | Elizabethtown | KY |
Hazard KY CSMPC | Hazard | KY |
Lexington KY P&DC | Lexington | KY |
London KY P&DF | London | KY |
Louisville KY Annex | Louisville | KY |
Paducah KY P&DF | Paducah | KY |
Somerset KY CSMPC | Somerset | KY |
Lafayette LA P&DF | Lafayette | LA |
New Orleans LA P&DC | New Orleans | LA |
Boston MA P&DC | Boston | MA |
Brockton MA P&DC | Brockton | MA |
Central Mass MA P&DC | Shrewsbury | MA |
Lowell MAÂ DDC | Lowell | MA |
Middlesex Essex MA P&DC | North Reading | MA |
Northwest Boston MA P&DF | Waltham | MA |
Wareham MA CSMPC | Wareham | MA |
Cumberland MD CSMPC | Cumberland | MD |
Eastern Shore MD P&DF | Easton | MD |
Suburban MD Annex | Gaithersburg | MD |
Waldorf MD CSMPC | Waldorf | MD |
Eastern Maine ME P&DF | Hampden | ME |
Detroit MI P&DC | Detroit | MI |
Iron Mountain MI P&DF | Iron Mountain | MI |
Jackson MI CSMPC | Jackson | MI |
Kalamazoo MI P&DC | Kalamazoo | MI |
Lansing MI P&DC | Lansing | MI |
Saginaw MI P&DC | Saginaw | MI |
Wheeler Street MI Annex | Saginaw | MI |
Bemidji MN CSMPC | Bemidji | MN |
Duluth MN P&DF | Duluth | MN |
Rochester MN P&DF | Rochester | MN |
St Cloud MN P&DF | Waite Park | MN |
Cape Girardeau MO P&DF | Cape Girardeau | MO |
Springfield MO P&DF | Springfield | MO |
Grenada MS CSMPC | Grenada | MS |
Gulfport MS P&DF | Gulfport | MS |
Hattiesburg MS CSMPC | Hattiesburg | MS |
Tupelo MS CSMPC | Tupelo | MS |
Helena MT CSMPC | Helena | MT |
Kalispell MT CSMPC | Kalispell | MT |
Missoula MT CSMPC | Missoula | MT |
Wolf Point MT CSMPC | Wolf Point | MT |
Asheville NC P&DF | Asheville | NC |
Fayetteville NC Annex | Fayetteville | NC |
Fayetteville NC P&DC | Fayetteville | NC |
Kinston NC Annex | Kinston | NC |
Kinston NC P&DF | Kinston | NC |
Rocky Mount NC P&DF | Rocky Mount | NC |
Devils Lake ND CSMPC | Devils Lake | ND |
Grand Forks ND CSMPC | Grand Forks | ND |
Minot ND CSMPC | Minot | ND |
Alliance NE CSMPC | Alliance | NE |
Grand Island NE P&DF | Grand Island | NE |
Norfolk NE P&DF | Norfolk | NE |
North Platte NE CSMPC | North Platte | NE |
Omaha NE Mail Consolidation Center Annex | Omaha | NE |
Manchester NH P&DC | Manchester | NH |
Nashua NH L&DC | Nashua | NH |
Jersey Shore DDC | Pleasantville | NJ |
Kilmer NJ P&DC | Edison | NJ |
Monmouth NJ P&DC | Eatontown | NJ |
New Jersey NJ L&DC | Kearny | NJ |
Northern NJ Metro P&DC | Teterboro | NJ |
South Jersey NJ P&DC | Bellmawr | NJ |
Alamogordo NM CSMPC | Alamogordo | NM |
Albuquerque NM ASF Annex | Albuquerque | NM |
Clovis NM CSMPC | Clovis | NM |
Farmington NM CSMPC | Farmington | NM |
Roswell NM CSMPC | Roswell | NM |
Socorro NM CSMPC | Socorro | NM |
Truth Or Cons NM CSMPC | Truth Or Consequences | NM |
Tucumcari NM CSMPC | Tucumcari | NM |
Elko NV CSMPC | Elko | NV |
Reno NV P&DC | Reno | NV |
Amsterdam NY CSMPC | Amsterdam | NY |
Binghamton NY CSMPC | Binghamton | NY |
Binghamton NY STC | Binghamton | NY |
Brooklyn NY P&DC | Brooklyn | NY |
Buffalo NY P&DC | Buffalo | NY |
Glens Falls NY CSMPC | Glens Falls | NY |
Mid Hudson NY P&DC | Newburgh | NY |
Mid-Island NY Annex | Melville | NY |
Monsey NYÂ DDC | Monsey | NY |
New York NY L&DC | Bethpage | NY |
Plattsburgh NY CSMPC | Plattsburgh | NY |
Queens NY P&DC | Flushing | NY |
Western Nassau NY P&DC | Garden City | NY |
Akron OH P&DC | Akron | OH |
Athens OH CSMPC | Athens | OH |
Canton OH P&DF | Canton | OH |
Chillicothe OH CSMPC | Chillicothe | OH |
Cincinnati OH P&DC | Cincinnati | OH |
Dayton OH P&DF | Dayton | OH |
Ironton OH CSMPC | Ironton | OH |
Steubenville OH CSMPC | Steubenville | OH |
Toledo OH P&DF | Toledo | OH |
Youngstown OH P&DF | Youngstown | OH |
Mcalester OK CSMPC | Mcalester | OK |
Poteau OK CSMPC | Poteau | OK |
Tulsa OK P&DC | Tulsa | OK |
Woodward OK CSMPC | Woodward | OK |
Bend OR CSMPC | Bend | OR |
Eugene OR P&DF | Springfield | OR |
Mount Hood ORÂ DDC | Mount Hood Parkdale | OR |
Pendleton OR CSMPC | Pendleton | OR |
Salem OR P&DF | Salem | OR |
Sunset ORÂ DDC | Hillsboro | OR |
Altoona PA P&DF | Duncansville | PA |
Erie PA P&DF | Erie | PA |
Greensburg PAÂ DDC | Greensburg | PA |
Horsham PAÂ DDC | Horsham | PA |
Lancaster PA P&DC | Lancaster | PA |
New Castle PA P&DF | New Castle | PA |
Pittsburgh PA Building II Annex | Pittsburgh | PA |
Reading PA P&DF | Reading | PA |
Scranton PA P&DF | Scranton | PA |
Southeastern PA P&DC | Southeastern | PA |
Williamsport PA P&DF | Williamsport | PA |
Catano DMDU PR Annex | Catano | PR |
Florence SC P&DF | Florence | SC |
Dakota Central SD P&DF | Huron | SD |
Rapid City SD P&DF | Rapid City | SD |
Chattanooga TN P&DC | Chattanooga | TN |
Clinton TN STC | Clinton | TN |
Jackson TN P&DF | Jackson | TN |
Jet Cove TN Annex | Memphis | TN |
Johnson City TN CSMPC | Johnson City | TN |
Abilene TX CSMPC | Abilene | TX |
Austin TX Annex | Austin | TX |
Beaumont TX P&DF | Beaumont | TX |
Bryan TX CSMPC | Bryan | TX |
Dallas TX P&DC | Dallas | TX |
East Texas TX P&DC | Tyler | TX |
Lufkin TX CSMPC | Lufkin | TX |
Mcallen TX P&DF | Mcallen | TX |
Waco TX Annex | Waco | TX |
Waco TX P&DF | Waco | TX |
Provo UT CSMPC | Provo | UT |
Lynchburg VA P&DF | Lynchburg | VA |
Norfolk VA Annex | Norfolk | VA |
Norfolk VA P&DC | Norfolk | VA |
Roanoke VA P&DC | Roanoke | VA |
Burlington VT P&DF | Essex Junction | VT |
White River Junction VT P&DC | White River Junction | VT |
Everett WA P&DF | Everett | WA |
Olympia WA P&DF | Tumwater | WA |
Pasco WA P&DF | Pasco | WA |
Seattle WA East DDC | Redmond | WA |
South Sound WA DDC | Fife | WA |
South WA DDC | Kent | WA |
Tacoma WA P&DC | Tacoma | WA |
Wenatchee WA CSMPC | Wenatchee | WA |
Eau Claire WI P&DF | Eau Claire | WI |
Kenosha WI CSMPC | Kenosha | WI |
La Crosse WI P&DF | La Crosse | WI |
Portage WI CSMPC | Portage | WI |
Wausau WI P&DF | Rothschild | WI |
Bluefield WV CSMPC | Bluefield | WV |
Clarksburg WV P&DF | Clarksburg | WV |
Parkersburg WV CSMPC | Parkersburg | WV |
Petersburg WV CSMPC | Petersburg | WV |
Rawlins WY CSMPC | Rawlins | WY |
Rock Springs WY CSMPC | Rock Springs | WY |
Wheatland WY CSMPC | Wheatland | WY |
The post office to me is like my Yahoo account. I use it for spam and newsletters. Nothing legit.
haha that is so funny! I too have a yahoo "spam account"
I smell a scam here. Not a single closing in Alaska? I call shenanigans!
Ummm, so all of them?
What's a Post Office?
http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/this-is-next/
Small list. I live in the smallest city in N.Y. and right next to it's P.O. I hardly see anybody there and it's not on this "list". I think it should be.
These are all plants, not your local corner post office.
These are the big processing facilities not neighborhood PO's
These are local corner post offices, not all plants.
These are the neighborhood PO's, not the big processing facilities.
The post office open near me in NYC is open but you'd never know it by the service. It's about time these slugs got what they deserved. A pink slip.
Your handle suits you well. Sounds like maybe that is all that's inside your head. They don't DESERVE a pink slip. Many of the postal workers that I know worth their tails off in the heat, snow, rain, etc... The problem isn't with the workers delivering your daily mail. Their is a disproportionate amount of management in the post office. Think about it, you close the post office and give them all slips, see what happens to the economy at that point. Another large hit to the unemployment rate. That's what we need. That being said, why don't you go "take a dump" and free up a little room in that noggin of yours for some semblance of a brain.
How can you be so mean? My dad works for the Post Office. I understand why there has to be cuts, but you need to understand that those people could be the main source of families income. Show some compassion.
Your handle suits you well. Sounds like maybe that is all that's inside your head. They don't DESERVE a pink slip. Many of the postal workers that I know *work* their tails off in the heat, snow, rain, etc... The problem isn't with the workers delivering your daily mail. Their is a disproportionate amount of management in the post office. Think about it, you close the post office and give them all slips, see what happens to the economy at that point. Another large hit to the unemployment rate. That's what we need. That being said, why don't you go "take a dump" and free up a little room in that noggin of yours for some semblance of a brain.
SHUT 'EM ALL. I DON'T NEED THE BILLS & JUNK MAIL!
when something major happens and your computers are shut down then what? How will you receive your bills or better yet pay them? People in rural areas rely on this service. Just because you don't think it benefits you doesn't mean that it doesn't benefit others . Stop being selfish and keep your comment to yourself.
Stop recycling our forests into the landfills !!
Stop the JUNK MAIL !!
Not in my town, but there are plenty others nearby anyway. Every time I go, it's very busy. I have my mail delivered, junk and legit.
We have already been notified that our post office would be closed permanetly and the town would not be offered route delivery. They propose putting a conglomeration of mail boxes in the downtown area to serve the entire town. No other services available.
Be on notice the GOP will not be satisfied until they totally shut the country down with their obstructionist practices. They already close our unemployment offices. No jobs, don't need an unemployment office.
Soon rural areas will be totally cut of from services of any kind.
Chas – There is a great business opportunity for your community. If the USPS does cancels route delivery, contract with them to take it over. It could be a great job for a retiree that needs bit more cash, a parent that wants to work while the kids are at school, etc. There is always more than one way to cook a potato!
You're blaming the GOP? Seriously? It's the dyed-in-the-wool democrat union workers that have brought the USPS to this point. Their demands for higher salary and better benefits over the years (despite the fact that the USPS can't afford them) have had the system in the red for years. The idiots running the place don't seem to understand that you can't pay employees more than the company is making. You can only run a business in the red for so long before it goes belly up.
It's the same for the rest of the government. Hurray for the GOP that has finally figured out that we can't afford all this stuff. {Now if they would only realize that they need to include all the military waste as well.} I wish the Dems would wake up and smell the coffee. This country is bankrupt. I know the cuts will hurt, but I'm not willing to mortgage the lives of my children and grandchildren to keep my creature comforts. I'm not that selfish.
I'd feel bad for the post office if they hadn't lost a check I sent to my friend
Electronic people laugh at "snail mail" but every time the post office raises their rate UPS, FEDEX and the others follow. It has become very expensive to ship anything in the last few years and if the post office goes under we will be at the mercy of the other shippers. We need the post office wether you realize it or not.
And don't forget that UPS and FedEx often raise rates all on their own, as well as imposing fuel and residential delivery surcharges that the USPS doesn't have. USPS is often the best and cheapest option. Priority Mail has been particularly good to me in terms of getting stuff quickly. And remember that FedEx and UPS do not deliver everywhere. In fact, they use USPS to do the actual delivery for a significant percentage of their packages.
Eric S, I don't see a "reply" option to your post, but 2 thumbs up! You are so very on point with your comment about speed and cost. USPS has all the private carriers beat. We live 4 miles off a highway on a dirt road, UPS will not deliver in the winter but will haul any mailing to their next processing facility on their route and they will pull the parcel out and drop it off weith USPS for delivery. The sender pays the extreme UPS fees only to not have that carrier do what they paid for ...
What's another 35,000 – 45,000 unemployed American moms and dads that will qualify for limited unemployment, then food stamps and be in the welfare system? Maybe they should go and get jobs in 3rd world countries with US employers that outsource our jobs to lower corporate operating cost and increase corporate profits, by retaining their republican and tea party guaranteed tax breaks? At least their cost of living will go down right? And and a consequence our fedreal deficit will go down by itself...?
hello... Get rid of those "guaranteed tax breaks" you apparently dislike and watch while even more or our jobs disappear. Cut into corporate profits and the CEOs will make up the difference by increasing the price of goods and services or by outsourcing our jobs. Either way, it's the American people who pay. Higher corporate taxes and regulation = fewer jobs. Period. The proof is there in black in white over the last 30 or 40 years of economic statistics. Every time corporate taxes are raised or regulation is increased, jobs disappear and prices go up. Duh... Why do the liberal tax and spend democrats not get that?!!! I'm no fan of the greedy corporations. But they aren't in business for humanitarian concerns. They are in business to make money. It's common sense – something our government doesn't seem to possess. The best thing we could do is eliminate all corporate taxes so the companies wouldn't have incentive to outsource jobs.
The PO is just like a lot of other things, they have failed to adjust quickly enough to changing conditions. Closing post offices is the first step, cutting back on delivery days will cut costs as well, how about three days a week?
When you say "they" I hope you're talking about congress and not the Post Office. The USPS is mandated – by congress to deliver the mail six days a week. They can't stop Saturday delivery until congress says they can. The only Post offices the USPS can close are those that aren't in a congressman's district.
I just don't under the fuss. I have been to the post office maybe 3 times in the last 5 years. I rarely get anything important via the mail exept a few magazines I subscribe to and I buy my stamps at Walgreens. Why are people so worried? Is the Post Office community central in these small towns? This is not a knock on the small towns, but it a great example of capitalism at its finest, and its worse.
The USPS is becoming less useful, kind of like the stage coach builder when the first passenger trains came along. If the USPS is going to survive it needs to completely private without the government interference. Cut service to 4 days a week, close the little offices that are not needed, and move on.