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7th District Meeting this Tuesday
07/22/2017 8:56 AM by John M
Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille will host a 7th District Meeting this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, from 6:00-7:30 PM at the Family Resource Center at 2405 Jefferson Avenue.
AGENDA
- Development Projects in the Richmond East End 7th Voter District
- Grocery Store
- Creighton Court Transformation/Armstrong Site
- 25th Street Post Office
- Richmond Education Compact/Richmond Public Schools Updates
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System Center for Healthy Living – Sarah Garland Jones Center: Community Building, Programs
and Events - Public Safety Update for the Richmond East End 7th Voter District
For more information, please contact Sam Patterson (804)646-3012 or sam.patterson@richmondgov.com.
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I wrote this a month ago and it still hold true. Also remember, back in 2011, this Post office location was up for the chopping block. Given its history, the poorly kept building with bullet-proof glass, and now structural issues, it may be time?
It is going on 2 months (now 3 months) past and the “deadline” of a July reopening per Josh Bilder is approaching (now ending). In the meantime, I see zero happening with the building concerning repairs or general work. Just a bin with packages at the front door and no signs of work anywhere inside or out. And no building permits on file.
I still have a feeling that they are just hoping that over time, those who complained the most will simply move on as they get use to going to other locations while this one has no intentions of reopening.
They could rebuild here if the excessive adjoining unused land can be utilized but doubt that will happen. I visit the Colonial Heights Post Office often and it is a model of what one should be like, and is actually smaller in size. It is fully stocked with self serve items in the lobby, including a self serve kiosk complete with scales. It is clean and organized. The window and counters are wide open, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. They have at least 14 award plaques on the wall. What is the issue with having the same in the East End, other than a glut of Post Offices in close proximity to one another from the 25th Street location, and employee attitude problems?
Please please please open our Post Office back up! We miss it terribly, we’ve been waiting all spring with hopes up and hat in hand, and we need it profoundly. The neighborhood and the whole Hill needs it.
Elizabeth
a P.O. box holder here for 32 years
Most interesting exchange came after Sector 111 rep said RPD would be covering multiple National Night Out events in the area covered by First Precinct (see CHPN list elsewhere) and the woman in charge of the event near the 25th Street Roundabout says her event is the biggest so she needs the most RPD resources…and maybe she’s right.
The best news was from a rep of the owner of the 25th Street USPS facility, better known as “our post” office, that now that USPS has moved everything of theirs out of the building work can begin in earnest and the plan is to have the post office open “by September.”(I assume September 2017 but didn’t ask.)
@2 Elizabeth King… you have to consider first, that the building may not be salvageable per its owner. That would mean building a new one. There is a lot of unused valuable land next to it being leased as a package. There are several Post Office choices within 4 miles and a couple within 1.5 miles away (walking distance) and stores who sell stamps. So many close proximity choices where many towns only have one. There is the cost factor of keeping this location open when it was up in 2011 to be closed anyway. You have the lease, payroll, insurance, taxes, etc… which I doubt justifies a couple of people who profusely needs it?
Apparently there was some information or a proposal presented by Josh Bilder’s attorney at the Tuesday meeting about the fate of the Post Office. Does anyone have that information to pass along?
too much drama. uspo has been putting in a postal kiosk in private businesses for years and the customer service is often better.
that seems like a easy solution with all of the new markets around church hill. the 25 st po should have been closed many years ago.
This location officially opened for business on March 31, 1958 and expanded in 1968. The building is not that old but was built cheaply as a shell, but like any building, poor maintenance will destroy it quickly. Asbestos is another issue carried over from another time.