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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2009
Media Contact: Carl Walton
336-668-1257/ 336-337-7628 cell
carl.a.walton@usps.gov

usps.com/news
Release No. 01-10

Grand Opening of new Statesville Post Office Thursday

STATESVILLE, NC—Statesville’s newest Post Office facility will celebrate its Grand Opening on Thursday, October 8, at Ace Hardware of Statesville, 1867 E. Broad Street. A ribbon-cutting ceremony with top postal, community and civic leaders will commence at 11:30 am.

The Contract Postal Unit (CPU) at Ace Hardware offers virtually all postal services, and is now open Monday – Friday 9 am – 6 pm and Saturday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, and will be closed Sundays.

“The new postal unit will help to increase convenience and access to postal services for customers unable to travel to the Statesville Post Office,” said Larry Icenhour, Statesville Postmaster, who will oversee the CPU at Ace Hardware. “A full line of postal products and services are available at the new CPU including postage stamps, Express Mail® service, Priority Mail® service, special services, packaging products, and much more. We are very excited for the residents of Statesville.”

The Postal Service has re-engineered the entire Contract Unit Postal program to better answer the needs of postal customers nationwide. “The Postal Service is continuously tasked with finding smarter and more efficient ways to reach our customers,” said Icenhour. “Our CPUs and online services at www.usps.com are allowing us to change the way we do business, to make us available to more people during more hours throughout the day.”

Click here for a list of other CPUs throughout the Statesville-Hickory and surrounding areas.

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