Ohio’s first ‘Village Post Office’ to open Friday in Johnsville

SHAUCK — On Fri­day, April 20, Postal offi­cials will cut the rib­bon on the first Vil­lage Post Office (VPO) in Ohio at Marvin’s Vil­lage Mar­ket, 7500 County Road 242 in Johnsville.

Accord­ing to a press release from the U.S. Postal Ser­vice, the pub­lic is invited to a grand open­ing cer­e­mony on Fri­day at 10 am, to be led by Postal Ser­vice Cincin­nati Dis­trict Man­ager, Chu Falling-Star. East­ern Area Mar­ket­ing Man­ager Jesus Galvez, Cincin­nati Dis­trict Man­ager Kathy Chenkovich, Cincin­nati Post Office Oper­a­tions Man­ager Kath­leen Sherred and local county offi­cials are expected to be in attendance.

Through the Postal Service’s VPO part­ner­ship with Marvin’s Vil­lage Mar­ket, local res­i­dents and busi­nesses in Shauck will enjoy the con­ve­nience of a Post Office. The Shauck Vil­lage Post Office will sell book­lets of For­ever stamps at face value, pro­vide Pri­or­ity Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes, and accept postage-paid pack­ages for mail­ing. The first day of oper­a­tion is Fri­day, April 20.

Hours of oper­a­tion of the Shauck VPO will be 8:00 am — 8:00 pm Mon­day, Tues­day, Thurs­day and Sat­ur­day and 8:00 am – 7:00 pm on Wednes­day and Friday.

The Vil­lage Post Office is an excit­ing new con­cept for USPS. The Postal Ser­vice unveiled the Vil­lage Post Office con­cept last spring for con­sid­er­a­tion in com­mu­ni­ties which have no Post Office or lost a Post Office. VPOs are designed for non-Postal Ser­vice estab­lish­ments, such as an exist­ing com­mu­nity busi­ness, town hall or gov­ern­ment cen­ter. The VPO pro­vides a spe­cific range of ser­vices that include the sale of First-Class postage stamps, offer­ing Pri­or­ity Mail prod­ucts and accept­ing mail.

The Postal Ser­vice acknowl­edges the con­tri­bu­tions of Marvin’s Vil­lage Mar­ket owner Ran­dolph Mar­tin who helped make the VPO in Shauck pos­si­ble. Busi­ness estab­lish­ments inter­ested in apply­ing for a con­tract with the Postal Ser­vice to start a Vil­lage Post Office in their local com­mu­nity should con­tact: vpo.inquiry@usps. gov or call 888–711-7577.

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