SNELLING, CA — Now, when people pull into the Snelling Chevron station to gas up, they can fill up with postage as well. On Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at 4 p.m., Postal Service officials and the Chevron station proprietors will host a grand opening of the Snelling Village Post Office (VPO), 15875 N. Hwy 59, Snelling, CA 95369.
“The Village Post Office is a new concept for the U.S. Postal Service and was created to provide service in locations where the community has no Post Office or would benefit from alternative access to postal services,” said Sacramento District Manager Barbara Plunkett.
VPOs are typically located in established businesses, giving them the added retail advantage of providing customers convenient access to the postal products and services they use most often.
The Snelling Village Post Office is the perfect addition to the one-stop shop that offers 24-hour service, from fueling, self-service car wash, laundry, a wide variety of merchandise such as hardware, fishing supplies, fishing and hunting licenses, basic auto supplies, groceries, and now postage, prepaid USPS packages and Flat Rate packaging.
For vacationers and locals alike, the Snelling Village Post Office is at the juncture that leads to Columbia State Park and Yosemite National Park. It makes the perfect stop, not only to gas up, but to mail letters, packages and postcards.
The Snelling Chevron has been a family-owned business since 2005, run by Martin and Leslie Meister, along with Uncle George Jones.
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