Group Fights To Keep Post Offices In Place

More than 900 people have signed a petition urging the U.S. Postal Service not to rebuild the post office outside the center of town as it has in other American communities.

Post Office Vision, a group of citizens and city officials, collected the signatures and sent copies to the congressional delegations and postal officials. “This overwhelming show of grass-roots support should convince postal officials to consider our needs and concerns as well as theirs,” resident Bob Scoles said.

People in Livingston, Mont., and other small towns are fighting to keep their post offices in the city core, as an integral part of the downtown and a place to chat with neighbors.

The group is working with the congressional delegation to arrange more public meetings.