The George Mason Station Post Office in Old Town Alexandria is expected to move next year from it current location at 126 S. Washington St. to a location yet to be determined.
The Post Office has been at there for almost 20 years, according to workers there. The U.S. Postal Service has scheduled a public meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Atrium, 277 S. Washington St., to get input from the public on where the office should be relocated.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which leases the space to the Postal Service, will not renew the lease when it ends next March.
Tom Fairchild, Alexandria’s business facilitator, said the city would prefer that the busy station stay where it is.
“From our perspective, it doesn’t need to be moved,” he said. “The property owner there apparently has other plans for that space.”
Paul Frye, a real estate specialist with the postal service, said that a decision about where to relocate the office would be made after the public comment period ended 30 days after Wednesday’s meeting. He said the preferred location is somewhere in Old Town.
“We define a preferred area as close to the existing post office as possible,” he said.
Public opinion on move
» The public can submit comments to the postal service for 30 days after Wednesday’s meeting.
» Following the public comment period, the postal service will make a decision as to where to locate the new office.
