Downtown postal center to reopen Monday
JANESVILLE—The U.S. Post Office’s downtown Janesville postal center in the Olde Towne Mall, 20 S. Main St., will reopen Monday, both mall management and postal officials announced today.
The postal center was temporarily closed Aug. 12 after postal workers got sick and while officials awaited results of air quality tests.
Elevated levels of common indoor mold, which have a musty odor, showed up after air samples were taken Aug. 14 and Sept. 19. But the Oct. 24 sample was acceptable, said a post office spokesperson.
“Based on the mold analysis report provided to us by the landlord, the report shows no elevated levels of mold,’’ said Theresa Myint, real estate specialist for the U.S. Post office in Bloomingdale, Ill.
Myint received the report yesterday based on samples collected Oct. 24.
“Our environmental specialist had assessed the (Oct. 24) report and advised us based on the report, it was OK to move back in,’’ Myint said.
The postal center will be cleaned and sanitized Friday in preparation for Monday’s normal post office box and full retail hours, said Janesville Postmaster Michael A. Baldocchi.
Oct 30, 2008 at 12:23 p.m.
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There was a petition down there, but I always suspected it was simply a regulation issue. The USPS could have just closed it without calling it temporary (they do that all the time to smaller communities).
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