[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 in my area (Miami) is very incompetent. They lost some registered mail TWICE within the last 2 years. The answer was "Too damn bad". I also get neighbor's mail at least once a week in my mailbox. No telling how much of my mail ends up in the wrong place. It would be nice to have a functioning postal service. I would gladly pay twice their current rates IF we had a service that is reliable. I even would accept 3 deliveries a week instead of 6 to save cost. But it has become so unreliable that it is no longer worth having. Shut them down and save the money.
Same problem in So Cal. I get mail from 5 blocks awayat least once a week because they happen to have the same numbers in thier address as I do. Apprently the name of your street is not important. Unionized Civil Servants, what you would you expect?
I sure do wish people would have half a clue when they post something...the U.S. Government does NOT run the USPS, never has. They also do NOT use any tax dollars. Know what you're talking about befor you open your mouth. Please.
That's what the Tea Bagging partiers and their Republican clones wants them to think. Less power to the Insentives given to you for a cheap price and more power to the Mega Corps waiting to drain your bank account dry. The choice isn't yours to make.
wanna bet?
Before you say never, u should read the history of the USPO:
The Modern Postal Service: Agency or Business?
Until adoption of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970, the U.S. Postal Service functioned as a regular, tax-supported, agency of the federal government.
According to the laws under which it now operates, the U.S. Postal Service is a semi-independent federal agency, mandated to be revenue-neutral. That is, it is supposed to break even, not make a profit.
They are held hostage by a union.
and... they do borrow money from the US Treasury to the tune of 3 billion a year (which is our tax dollars)
Actually, the USPS IS a government agency that is controlled by the government. The only difference is the USPS is not funded by the tax payers like the other government agencies. Know what you're talking about befor you open your mouth. Please.
My town's post office is scheduled to close and its not on the list.
But I agree that they need to stream line stuff...when I was an office manager and I had to do something new, there was no instructions...I had to wait til I got up to the teller, they would explain it, then I had to step off to the side to do it, then get back in line! Then you bring a box and its 20 questions...I especially like "does it contain any hazardous material"? If I was shady and had a bomb in it, would I answer yes to that question?? C'mon...get real. I can mail a package UPS and get it there in one day...with accurate tracking info....in fact, if its a place I ship to often, I dont even have to write it out...its in the computer and I pay and I'm done.
BUT, if you compare rate of a letter mailed here in the US to letters mailed in other countries...it is the best bargain!! Go ahead, google postal rates in other countries...you'll be amazed.
Hey Michelle, next time you go to mail a package just say you're not a mystery shopper and we can avoid all those questions we don't want to ask and you don't want to hear. We think some of them are as stupid as you do but we have to ask them. The liquid part is for us to make sure the liquid wouldn't leak out of the package and to make sure it's properly packaged, the rest is self explanitory.
This must be part of the Obama stragegy to fund his Job Plan. Reduce government spending by getting rid of thousands of Government jobs, then he can afford to give them longer unemployment payouts and retraining like he promised. Who said he doesn't know what he's doing?? lol I think my Dad used to call this the "Rob Peter to Pay Paul principle". lol When money is involved you have to run it like a business not like a government....or you'll end up where we are today.
I think our new way of thinking is more...rob peter to pay paul then bet against peter that he can't pay paul back. Capitalism...don't you love it?
I agree, close them. They can't keep going with business as usual at least.
I was recently in Yosemite National Park. There are 4, yes 4 post offices in the park that I saw. Wh on earth would such a small park need so many post offices This doesn't include the 10 I saw driving up the mountain to get there.
Myopinionz1 It's not me that's doing anything. I dont want you to pay my retirement with treasury laons. I want to just do my five more years of service and find somthing else to do. Actually we do have a surplus and it s our retirement and one of the steps the Postal Service, not me has done has to stop contributing to the retirement fund. People on here are saying how nast your postal workers are but we're not all like that. Daily I help customers with their mailing needs as do my co-workers. We do things the Postal Service says not to do but it helps the customer so we do it. We package items for people, we do everything we can to make things right for our customers. I guess you all need to move to our town!!
@Josh – honestly, the though of anyone losing their job is horrible. I'm not wishing that on you or anyone else... BUT, we can;t operate a agency that loses 9 billion a year, borrows 3 billion on top of that, and refuses to right-size, adapt to the changing digital environment. AND the government restrictions on you prevent you from doing that. The best option, is detach from teh government, go private, and compete in an open market. Just don;t use my tax dollars to do it.
i guess they see the urgency of quickly sending out all those tourist post cards!!!!
Thank god! I love the people at the Newport post office especially Alyson. – bigfoot
What is a post office?
We've already closed one PO in my neighborhood – 'made sense. A worker in the one that's left still bemoans that USPS is in the red. He had no operational solutions – simply said, there's too many idiots with six-figure salaries running it who don't have a clue what they're doing and don't care.
Here's the postal solution: raise the price of the stamp. It is currently at the 1885 equivalent! Why? I would gladly pay ninety cents to a dollar to mail a letter. Who cares. Also, I don't care if you cut Saturday service, and I don't care if takes an extra day or two for a letter to arrive. We can adjust. Good that you're cutting these offices, but there need to be more. Also, get rid of the postal workers union. They have us all over a barrel. No public services should be allowed to unionize.
I'm sure when the founding Fathers established the concept of postal service structure in the US, they didn't picture a Val-Pack coupon or a credit card offer in your mailbox. With the establisment of television, radio and internet... the intent of having a viable method to communicate with the masses and share information is covered. I don't need to loan the USPS any more money from the US Treasury to allow them to operate. Go public, and good luck.
It took me far too long to remember where my post office is located...maybe that's not a good sign.
The idea of outsourcing local PO duties to private enterprises (village po) is not new. I'm only 50, and I can remember several country stores in our area that had post offices inside. I know of one (Perdue Hill, AL) that is still in operation. I think that may be a better idea than rural home delivery. I live way out in the country, but would gladly accept a M-W-F delivery schedule – or a PO Box at my local country store. I also wouldn't oppose a hike to $0.50 for 1st-class mail. That's still cheaper than just about anywhere else in the world.
Post offices are a mark of a bygone time....I very rarely every go near a post office. Everything I do is via email or the internet....i get some stuff in the mail but otherwise I get everything electronically. Not to mention the employees there are rude and hate their jobs and take it out on the customer....ditch them to the curb
Replying to Michelle:
I absolutely agreed with you for the statements "does it contain any hazardous material"? "would I answer yes to that question??" It is very good question. Why doesn't USPS put out this kind of statement: "We will not ship any hazardous material, and we may report to law enforcement agency for public safety".