New Post Office

[michtofla]

I went to the new Post Office today. There is only one entrance to the parking lot. Very few parking spots. If you pull in and all the spots are filled you have to back out because there is no place to go. What a mess. There is not much room for a line to the windows. No room for a queue inside. I was the fifth person in line and I had to wait outside. By the time I left they were lined up into the parking lot. It is a very un-Villages like design. OMG I bet the government designed it.

[Dana1963]

I went to the new Post Office today. There is only one entrance to the parking lot. Very few parking spots. If you pull in and all the spots are filled you have to back out because there is no place to go. What a mess. There is not much room for a line to the windows. No room for a queue inside. I was the fifth person in line and I had to wait outside. By the time I left they were lined up into the parking lot. It is a very un-Villages like design. OMG I bet the government designed it.
I'll bite where is the new Post Office?

[Mortal1]

Ahhh ...we are never in short supply of folks who complain in lieu of actually doing something about an issue they face.

[Bogie Shooter]

I'll bite where is the new Post Office?

Half a block from the old one in Lady Lake.

LA PLAZA GRANDE NEW, FL Post Office
4 LAGRANDE BLVD LADY LAKE, FL 32159

[cypress]

Ahhh ...we are never in short supply of folks who complain in lieu of actually doing something about an issue they face.

What can he do except go to a different P.O.

[retiredguy123]

What can he do except go to a different P.O.
He can't even do that because that is probably where his mail is delivered.

[Stu from NYC]

Ahhh ...we are never in short supply of folks who complain in lieu of actually doing something about an issue they face.

So what would you have done?

[Dana1963]

Half a block from the old one in Lady Lake.

LA PLAZA GRANDE NEW, FL Post Office
4 LAGRANDE BLVD LADY LAKE, FL 32159
The PO rents the building from The Villages developer BUILT.

[Topspinmo]

I went to the new Post Office today. There is only one entrance to the parking lot. Very few parking spots. If you pull in and all the spots are filled you have to back out because there is no place to go. What a mess. There is not much room for a line to the windows. No room for a queue inside. I was the fifth person in line and I had to wait outside. By the time I left they were lined up into the parking lot. It is a very un-Villages like design. OMG I bet the government designed it.

Have news for you not just USPS. When pay my taxes today, PACKED, was handing out number outside door, BUT, wasn’t calling number in side, total goat rope!!!

[njbchbum]

Ahhh ...we are never in short supply of folks who complain in lieu of actually doing something about an issue they face.

Nor are we in short supply if those who would disparage rather than offer a constructive word of assistance!

[John_W]

Someone who is not familiar could be confused. I think a better name would be The Villages Post Office, because the actual Lady Lake Post Office is behind Lady Lake Police Dept and City Hall on CR 25, actual address is 850 Teague Trail, Lady Lake, FL and is also where incoming mail to The Villages is sorted.

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The post office in question is on actual Villages property and is golf cart accessible, it's location previously was 23 Lagrande Blvd Lady Lake, FL behind the Circle K. I don't know where new one is located, maybe someone informed can be more specific. This is how it use to look.

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[stanley]

The new one is on the corner of Griffin and La Grand, still across from the Shell, but down from the old. To the right of the old in that photo

[b0bd0herty]

Hmmm.... new post office designed by "the government?" Who would have figured that the United States Postal Service was a government agency? :)

[Marathon Man]

Nor are we in short supply if those who would disparage rather than offer a constructive word of assistance!

Exactly. As if "The Villages" did something wrong here. :ohdear:

[ProfessorDave]

I went to the new post office today - didn't realize it was opening. Frankly, I came home and told my wife that I thought they did an awesome job. Different strokes - different folks.

[shirleyjerez]

Where is it

[WindyCityzen]

Did anyone on this website ever take an English Composition course in school? The writing here is totally incoherent. Does anyone proofread their comments before pressing “submit?” Better yet, does anyone think twice about the soundness of their arguments? It sounds illiterate at best.

[davem4616]

I'm going to go off point a bit here...but it's still about the USPS

funny how someone's gripe can bring back a memory or two....

years ago when we lived in a very small rural farming community (1500 registered voters) in New England the town post office was located inside the family run country store in the center of town...it took up a whole corner to itself right next to the deli counter...you parked wherever you could, sometimes with a walk, sometimes not. Often cars and pickups were left running, 'in park'...with no one inside

if the storekeeper was busy slicing up meat at the deli, or waiting on a customer, you waited for him/her to finish, wash their hands and come around behind the window designated as the "post office" (which looked very similar to an old bank teller's window)

if someone's kid came into the store alone, you might hear "your mom's got a package, don't you leave until I get it for ya"

the aroma of freshly baked bread and whatever else they were cooking that day often resulted in walking out with more than just the stamps that you came in for.....

Eventually, the post office had it's own building, which they leased from a farmer... every year for one week in the spring, when the strawberries were ripe, the farmer would donate the berries, the ladies in town would bake biscuits and you'd get a free strawberry shortcake, topped with freshly whipped cream (donated by the cows out back) just for stopping in...

our "post office" was the meeting place where you'd catch up on all the local gossip....second only to the obligatory Saturday trip to the town transfer station (but back then we still called it 'the dump')...which was where you got all the dirt on what was going on

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Where is it

It's about 75 yards east of the old post office on LaGrande Blvd in the village of Silver Lake.

[KRM0614]

Have news for you not just USPS. When pay my taxes today, PACKED, was handing out number outside door, BUT, wasn’t calling number in side, total goat rope!!!
What is a goat road ?

[arickis]

Best option for paying taxes...go online to the tax dept website. Pay by e check. No fees, no waiting, no driving, very easy!

[graciegirl]

Post offices are pretty much alike. Everywhere I have lived.

The bushes in front are not taken care of and the windows are not washed frequently.

From Thanksgiving on, Post Offices everywhere will be busy.

It is a carrier service run by the government with all of the good and bad things that go with it.

Please don't blame the Morses. They usually keep things nice.

I love our CDD.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

It’s a convenience post office that we are lucky to have still , after all the big one I’d less then 4 or 5 minutes away

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The PO rents the building from The Villages developer BUILT.

But did the Post Office design the building? It doesn't look like it can be used for anything other than a post office.

It looks OK to me other than the fact that my box is now about as far away from the front entrance as possible. In the old building my box was a few steps from the entrance.

I wish they had moved it a few yards to the west and built a golf cart path around the back.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Best option for paying taxes...go online to the tax dept website. Pay by e check. No fees, no waiting, no driving, very easy!

I agree. I'm surprised to hear that people go in person to pay their taxes these days. At the very least, I'd stick a check in the mail.

[Curtisbwp]

Well, the new building is a substation of the lady lake post office. The P.O. very often would hire a local Architect Engineer firm to set the plans, the new building must comply with the ADA. Dont blame the USPS for trying to accomodate YOU the customer.

[justjim]

When there is need for a full service post office, here in LaBelle we use the Fruitland Park Post Office. At one time there was a push to get another post office or two within The Villages, but there was no money for such and today the USPS is for all practical purposes bankrupt. Yet they built a new sub-station for the Lady Lake USPS. Good for those in that area of The Villages.

[carolandjohn]

You can see the new Post Office if you're standing at the old Post Office. The people who work in the Post Office say they tried to talk to The Villages because the entrance isn't big enough for their trucks to get through but The Villages didn't want to listen. Go figure.

[spjvette]

50billion in the red

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Well, the new building is a substation of the lady lake post office. The P.O. very often would hire a local Architect Engineer firm to set the plans, the new building must comply with the ADA. Dont blame the USPS for trying to accomodate YOU the customer.

As far as I'm concerned, many of the customers have no been accommodated. As I said a cart path around the back would have made a lot of sense, not only for me but for about half of the people who have a box there.

Also, there are only twelve parking spaces. One is handicapped and one is taken by a USPS vehicle that seems to be there 24/7. This is going to be a problem during the holidays. I understood that the property that the old post office sits on was going to be a parking lot. But there is an impassable median strip between that property and the new parking lot.

My particular box is at the very top. I am six feet tall and have to stretch to see what's in the box. My wife is 5'2" and she'd need a step stool to get our mail.

I guess they got tired of emptying the junk mail from the trash because there are no trash receptacles.

IMHO, this could have been done a lot better.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

But did the Post Office design the building? It doesn't look like it can be used for anything other than a post office.

It looks OK to me other than the fact that my box is now about as far away from the front entrance as possible. In the old building my box was a few steps from the entrance.

I wish they had moved it a few yards to the west and built a golf cart path around the back.you have to walk all the way to the back of PO for mail , let’s start a boycott like everything else we don’t like in TV

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Did anyone on this website ever take an English Composition course in school? The writing here is totally incoherent. Does anyone proofread their comments before pressing “submit?” Better yet, does anyone think twice about the soundness of their arguments? It sounds illiterate at best.

English is not everyone's first language. So no, not everyone has taken an English Comp class in school. The writing is not totally incoherent. Some of it is difficult to read, but anyone with moderate intelligence and figure it out. Did you take Reading Comprehension in school? I think that was a prerequisite to English Composition.

Just sayin...

[biker1]

That’s funny. What was posted as “goat rope”. You managed to morph it into “goat road” (getting closer). The actual term is “goat rodeo”.


What is a goat road ?

[logdog]

From Wiktionary - goat rope (plural goat ropes) (slang) A confusing, disorganized situation often attributed to or marked by human error. (slang) A convoluted issue that is contested by many parties. A rodeo event in which competitors attempt to lasso a goat, usually for younger participants.

[Dogzlife]

I was unaware of this change in location. How were customers informed? I haven't been to my home since COVID and I have a person in my home now who went to check the mail only to find out that the existing key didn't work. Were new keys provided to customers?

I tried calling but no answer. Likely they are quite busy down there.

[stanley]

I was unaware of this change in location. How were customers informed? I haven't been to my home since COVID and I have a person in my home now who went to check the mail only to find out that the existing key didn't work. Were new keys provided to customers?

I tried calling but no answer. Likely they are quite busy down there.

The new keys were left in the old box, in an envelope with the new box number on the envelope, quite a while ago

[Dogzlife]

Thank you for the info.

[jblum315]

Hmmm.... new post office designed by "the government?" Who would have figured that the United States Postal Service was a government agency? :). Trump figured it out and threatened to shut it down because he didn’t Ike mail in ballots

[njbchbum]

. Trump figured it out and threatened to shut it down because he didn’t Ike mail in ballots

Why do you need to make this thread political?

[asianthree]

Stopped by the new PO on Saturday around 10am. Parked across from the old PO, and walked 43 steps to the line of about 6. One person working alone, took me 14 minutes to send my priority. Felt bad people were angry that it took so long, guess had no idea it’s December

I will say it was entertaining to see people stand in line to buy a card, or better yet a gift card, that can be bought in any retail store. Didn’t mail anything but complaints of how long it took to purchase, were abundant.

It was my fault for having to go in person, on Friday I had all my priority boxes picked up at the house, this one slipped by. No issues with parking or space, but it didn’t take much thought to evaluate the parking