Postal service may close Cobb, Douglas facilities
Mail facilities in Marietta, Acworth and Douglasville may close as part of a cost-cutting effort by the United States Postal Service.
The USPS has listed more than 250 locations that may close as it attempts to save as much as $3 billion.
The closings could drop 35,000 workers from the USPS payroll.
The agency lost $8.5 billion last year and is facing an even larger deficit this year as it struggles with shrinking business because of the movement of first-class mail to the Internet and the struggling economy, which limited advertising mail.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says the Postal Service is not going out of business, and that it's trying to get its finances in order.
Georgia locations on the list:
Acworth GA CSMPC Acworth GA Albany GA CSMPC Albany GA Athens GA P&DF Athens GA Augusta GA P&DF Augusta GA Cartersville GA CSMPC Cartersville GA Columbus GA CSMPC Columbus GA Douglasville GA CSMPC Douglasville GA Marietta GA DDC Marietta GA Savanna PO CSMPC Savannah GA Savannah GA P&DF Savannah GA Swainsboro GA CSMPC Swainsboro GA Valdosta GA CSMPC Valdosta GA Waycross GA CSMPC* Processing & Distribution Facility (P&DF)* Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC)
* Customer Service Mail Processing Center (CSMPC)
* Delivery Distribution Center (DDC)
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George Mathis has worked in the AJC newsroom since 1999 in a variety of roles including editing local news, blogger and columnist.
