The Vermont League of Cities and Towns is thrilled to announce that our new neighbor, the Montpelier Post Office, is open for retail business at 89 Main Street!. The work to bring the post office to City Center began late last fall, when VLCT was approached by the United States Postal Service (USPS) following the terrible summer floods of 2023. Long before then, COVID-19 had helped us learn that VLCT can operate well with most employees working from home. After the COVID vaccine made it safe to work together again, staff were given the opportunity to continue to work from home, and so many chose to do so that VLCT found itself with more office space than we needed. With approximately half of the office’s 15,000 sq. ft. footprint available for other uses, VLCT began seeking one or more subtenants to help offset overhead costs. Then the July 2023 flood had only a minimal effect on all of VLCT’s office and parking places (in the City Center garage), making this real estate very desired by flood-damaged organizations. By that September, the Montpelier Food Pantry had subleased and quickly moved into one portion of our available space.