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Help us keep the Montecito Country Mart Post Office open for our community. For more than 40 years, this small but vital outpost has served the Lower Village—supporting local small businesses that rely on frequent shipping, providing convenient access for elderly and mobility-limited residents, and allowing neighbors to run multiple errands on foot. Now, like many contract postal counters across the country, it faces possible closure as the USPS shifts services to larger outposts, often leaving communities with longer drives, reduced hours of operation, and wait times that can stretch well past an hour.

If it closes, Montecito’s available postal service hours would drop from 84 hours a week to just 30, shifting demand to already busy locations with shorter hours and no weekend service.

Communities from Salem Township, Michigan to Los Angeles’ Chinatown have successfully rallied to keep their local post offices open. With a little community support, Montecito can do the same. Sometimes the smallest places carry the most weight.

Sign the petition, here. Or visit us at the Mart to sign in person!

RESOURCES

H.R. 5416,  The Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act, would require the USPS to provide reports on how the closure of contract postal units (CPUs) will impact residents and allow for public hearings before any closure takes place.

The Postal Contracting Financial Accountability Act, H.R.5530, which protects community-based Contracted Postal Units (CPUs) from being shut down under flawed criteria by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).