Posts Tagged ‘post office’
Downtown Richmond businesses dismayed by loss of post office as mayor works to save location
Richmond residents and small businesses are dismayed by the planned closure of the Main Post Office. Mayor Tom Butt hopes the city can keep it open by purchasing the property.
Read MoreRichmond community members oppose post office sale
The United States Postal Service says the post office at 1025 Nevin Avenue in downtown Richmond is in “excess and no longer necessary.” Kimberley Savoy-Jackson, wearing a leg brace as she walks up the post office’s steps on a rainy afternoon, disagrees. “You see people coming in all the time,” she said. “I wouldn’t say…
Read MoreCongress to vote on renaming post office after McCraw, advocate for workforce equality
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier announced legislation to rename the Richmond Main Post Office after former postmaster Harold D. McCraw, a longtime advocate for workforce equality.
Read MoreResidents oppose possible post office closure
About 30 residents and two city leaders turned out Tuesday to give federal postal officials an emphatic message: They don’t want their Post Office branch to be closed.
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