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SUU Post Office absorbing former Zions Bank space
Sean Miles
Issue date: 1/10/08 Section: News
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Associate Vice President for Facilities Management David Tanner said Zion's Bank "found it wasn't effective for them" to have a branch on campus.
Zions Bank let their contract expire last month Tanner said.
The process of looking for space to expand the post office has been in the works for more than a year, Tanner said. SUU President Michael T. Benson has granted approval to go forward with the remodeling and expansion.
Post Office Manager Bruce Barclay said he is excited to have the additional space.
"We are one of the top producing CPO's (college post offices) in the state," Barclay said.
The expansion will cost about $50,000, Barclay said.
The pieces of bulk mail the post office sends for SUU has increased over the past two years, coinciding with a recruitment push, Barclay said. The post office currently handles approximately 1.2 million pieces of bulk mail per year for SUU.
The growth of the students' mail has also caused a strain on the small facilities, Barclay said.
The post office has 72 sites it must deliver mail to per day. Ten students and two full-time staff members handle all post office responsibilities.
Barclay said the Post Office is going to increase its workspace in order to cope with the growing campus and larger mail volume.
Four people work in roughly a 10-square-foot area; the rest of the space is occupied by equipment and packages.
During the holidays, the post office still receives student mail and much of it is not picked up. Barclay said the additional storage would help to clear the "3-foot walkway," which is lined with packages.
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