On Thursday, November 1, 2012, Postal officials will cut the ribbon on the Plummer’s Landing Village Post Office (VPO) at Hinton Mills (Frank Hinton & Son, Inc.) store, 591 Plummers Landing Road, Plummers Landing, KY 41081.

The public is invited to a grand opening ceremony on Thursday at 11 am, to be led by Postal Service Cincinnati District Manager Charles McCreadie, Cincinnati District Marketing Manager Kathy Chenkovich, Acting Cincinnati Post Office Operations Manager Omar Coleman, Retail Manager Julie Hays, and District VPO Coordinator Bob Redden. Local officials are also expected to attend.

Through the Postal Service’s VPO partnership with Hinton Mills (Frank Hinton & Son, Inc.), local residents and businesses in Plummer’s Landing will enjoy expanded access to postal products and services. The Plummers Landing Village Post Office will sell booklets of Forever stamps at face value, provide Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes and envelopes, and accept postage-paid items for mailing. The first day of operation is Thursday, November 1.

Hours of operation of the Plummers Landing VPO will be 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday and 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 pm on Saturday.

The location at Hinton Mills (Frank Hinton & Son, Inc.) will provide customers greater convenience and will continue to be an important example of how the Postal Service is changing to better meet America’s needs.

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, have lost a Post Office, or to simply enhance community access to postal products . VPOs are designed for non-Postal Service establishments, such as an existing community business, town hall, or government center. VPOs provide a specific range of services that include the sale of First-Class postage stamps, Flat-Rate Priority Mail products, mail acceptance, and in some cases, Post Office boxes.

The Postal Service acknowledges the contributions Hinton Mills (Frank Hinton & Son, Inc.), owners Frank III and Adam Hinton who helped make this VPO 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.

More information about the Village Post Office initiative is available on http://usps.com at http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/our-future-network/welcome.htm.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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