Postal Service study says that it would save $9.5 million annually by sending Manatee and Sarasota counties' mail to Fort Myers.
If you're mailing that rent check or bill to Bradenton or around Sarasota, it might not be there the next day now that the Manasota Processing & Distribution Center operations will be relocated to Fort Myers. The U.S. Postal Service released a final study Jan. 11, announcing the Processing Center's closure. It will send all mail in Manatee and Sarasota counties and some of its employees to its Fort Myers center about 90 miles south saying the Postal Service will save $8.9 million in the first year and will save $9.5 million annually. The consolidation of the distribution center, 850 Tallevast Road, is expected to take place this year. The reason the Postal Service gives is that there is a "significant decline" in mail originating from …
The U.S. Postal Service will host a meeting tonight to move the Manasota Processing & Distribution Center on Tellevast Road to Ft. Myers.
Mail in Bradenton and Sarasota could be sent to Ft. Myers for processing if a U.S. Postal Service consolidation plan is approved, and residents have an opportunity tonight to voice their opinions on the potential move. The U.S. Postal Service will host a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move some mail processing operations from the Manasota Processing & Distribution Center, 850 Tellevast Road, to the Ft. Myers center located 92 miles south of the current plant. The meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Sahib Shrine Auditorium, 600 North Beneva Road in Sarasota. The Postal Service said that the combination of less mail being sent, more use of electronic messaging and other economic factors, it believes that a consolidation is …
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Charles Schelle
11:23 am on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
At one time I think people cared more when Netflix was popular, but after their PR nightmare and more people going digital to get their movies, I'm not sure ordinary people really care when their regular mail gets delivered. If they need it somewhere urgently, they'll go to the post office and pay for a faster or guaranteed service. more ›