Raleigh, NC – To increase convenience and access to postal services, a new Contract Post Office with virtually all postal services will open Monday, October 4, 9 am in the Bedford at Falls River community in Raleigh. The Bedford Blooms Contract Postal Unit (CPU), 3607 Falls River Avenue, Raleigh, will be open six days a week – Monday – Saturday, 9 am – 6 pm. It is one of 17 CPUs in the Triad Area, all serving as convenient alternatives to traditional Post Offices.

Raleigh’s newest Post Office facility will celebrate its Grand Opening at 11 am with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony. Raleigh Postmaster Howard Sample will be present with civic, business and postal leaders to commemorate the occasion.

 “This office will help to increase convenience and access to postal services for customers unable to travel to the other Raleigh postal facilities,” said Sample, who will oversee the Bedford Blooms CPU. “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 Raleigh and the Bedford community at large.”

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 Sample. “Our CPUs, our Automated Postal Centers (APC), our online services at www.usps.com, and our face value stamps at major retailers (Food Lion, Harris Teeter, CVS, etc) throughout the city and state are allowing us to change the way we do business, to make us available to more people 24 hours a day.”

The CPU can be reached at 919-803-8550. The Grand Opening event is free and open to the public. A list of other CPUs throughout the Triangle area is listed below.