A Maplewood postal worker told the 40 South News editor on Saturday that 40 South was partly right about the Maplewood post office planning to close, then added details.
The employee said Maplewood’s postal service is set to move to the Southwest Station Post Office, at 3232 Clifton Avenue. According to Google Maps it’s 2.1 miles from the Maplewood Post Office.
The move is due to happen after an addition is built onto the Southwest office to accommodate the expansion — to take six months to a year to complete.
The employee confirmed that the postal service wants like to keep the move quiet because of the uproar in the community when the post office considered closing the Maplewood Post Office in 2011.
This post office is convenient & vital to our small town. We have many who do not have transportation & this location serves them well. And it’s historical! Keeping Maplewood a historic city also draws in people. We don’t want to be a “box town”, the same as everyone else. SAVE THE POST OFFICE! Build the Veteran’s Memorial in front of it! That would be a more appropriate & appreciated area for many to view & reflect upon.
I live in Brentwood and actually go out of my way to use the Maplewood branch
The Maplewood post office should close. We all complain about government spending except when it affects us personally. I love our post office. It’s convenient, and the people who work there are awfully nice. But let’s face it, a town of 8,000 people should not have its own post office. Webster Groves does not have its own post office. Times have changed. Let’s move along.
I’m in, too, as far as publicly opposing a closing of the Maplewood post office. Does anyone know how to go about a public opposition to this, before it happens?
That’s ridiculous! Isn’t our post office building a WPA project? You just don’t find places like this anymore, and it is part of what helps make Maplewood a unique community. People are paying top dollar to buy houses and move here…don’t take away part of our character. If we don’t save it, there will be another chicken place there in no time!
I’m sure our distinguished city managers would love to turn the building into a drive through fast food restaurant or maybe another antique mall, it’s too small for another big box store
I’m thinking more of us need to start attending the meetings at city Hall and have our voices heard. I was speaking with someone there last week about the laundry mat going in at the old QT, which is right by where I live. He mentioned that hardly any citizens attend them until after the fact….however, in my experience, city hall isn’t all that forthcoming with things happening around here….why I’m so happy I found this newsletter!!!
I second that thought
I assume that even if Maplewood elected officials cannot stop the post office from closing, the building must have protection under the rules of historic preservation.
Our city managers don’t put in fast food restaurants, entrepreneurs do. They do so with their own money because they believe they can benefit people enough that they will profit from it. A business goes to where there are needs.
Unlike trying to force the Post Office to stay in Maplewood, where it isn’t your money being spent, rather the taxpayers, and where you have no gauge of how it benefits Maplewood, except for casual observation.
I’m surprised how opinionated people are without any mention of the operational budget, demographic data, or the value added by alternatives.
I personally would prefer the PO to stay, but I wouldn’t have the pretense to force it too.
Makes little sense to me. You have to “build to expand” on one post office to close another? Sounds like more money being spent to me. Besides, Maplewood Post Office is historical isn’t it? If there is a petition to be signed, contact me.
I recently moved from Shaw to Maplewood. For years I chose FedEx for package shipment because the City POs were somehow both lethargic and harried at the same time, not to mention frequently unknowledgeable. However, the Maplewood Post Office has a warm and informed ambiance–I was so impressed that I effectively switched my shipping needs over from FedEx since moving here a month ago. Also, the fact that “the postal service wants […] to keep the move quiet because of the uproar in the community [in 2011]” doesn’t sit right. If there’s something to be done about this impending closure, count me in!
Jeez! Many of the comments here seem as though the move has already happened. If we (Maplewoodians) don’t want this to happen, let’s stop it now.
I totally agree with all of the comments-especially Lincoln Douglas!
Something needs to be done with the rinky dinky little PO on Brentwood Blvd. Lines are out the door at times, the counter only has two windows!
Love Maplewood Post Office! Always the best. Don’t close and I love the building, so I call dibs if it’s available.
Let me make sure I understand this: Close the post office in one of the fastest growing communities in town, and move the service to super sleepy Clifton Heights. Our post office is busy, and people walk to it. I walk to it. The community needs it. Commence with the uproar.
This is so wrong. Time for an uproar. Maplewood P.O. is part of the community. What would happen to the building?
Believe it when I see it. When they close and lock the doors at our Maplewood Branch. Everyone has been vocal about it closing for yrs. hasn’t happened yet. Besides isn’t the other post office in the city? Thought they can’t combine city and county….Hmmmm more media hype perhaps….
EEEEEEEE! SO sad to read this. My father was a letter carrier; he worked at Farley Station–named for the man who was head of the US. Postal Service when the Maplewood office was established. A sad day in Mapleville.
Noooo! I love that post office! It has kind people; it has soul! No new extension will have that lovely feel. Dang! I’m so sorry.