USPS will not assign village its own ZIP code, manager says
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Village Manager Andy Perini told the board the U.S. Postal Service will not grant the village its own ZIP code; USPS offered to work with the village to set a preferred default and to provide a contact for residents with mail issues.
Village Manager Andy Perini told the board that the U.S. Postal Service informed the village it will not be assigned its own ZIP code. Perini said the USPS would work with the village clerk to set Pingree Grove as the default place name for online purchases — an effort intended to help with sales tax reporting — and had promised to provide a contact for residents with mail-delivery issues by the end of the week.
Perini told the board the postal service explained that ZIP codes are limited and that the USPS prefers to reserve new ZIP codes for larger municipalities. He said the village had been pursuing a ZIP-code change for about two years and that the decision was disappointing. Perini said the village may encourage residents to contact USPS if mail problems persist "to see some process or progress." No change in postal facilities — such as opening a local post office — was promised by the USPS during the phone call reported by Perini.
Trustees asked clarifying questions about whether a local post office would be established; Perini said the USPS had not agreed to create a post office in the village, and that running the ZIP code from a neighboring post office (Hampshire) was not being offered by USPS for the village.
