For Immediate Release
Contact Deirdre Jersey
(919) 639-2218
Postal Name Cards Are in the MailResidents in seven postal routes, two
with Clayton addresses and five with Garner address, will receive a post card from the Greater Cleveland Chamber of Commerce inviting them to vote on a name for the Cleveland area. Each household or business postal patron is entitled to a vote.
"If you receive a card, then you can vote. The end result will be an alternate place name with Clayton's zip code," said Deirdre Jersey, president of the chamber. Jersey added that postal officials said that Clayton's new
facility has capacity to handle the five extra routes.
"Now it's all up to all the people," said Jersey noting that there is community consensus that Cleveland should be part of the name, whether a prefix or suffix.
At a community meeting earlier this year, two-dozen names were suggested and the residents at that meeting voted for their top five choices. Those are the names on the ballot although there is a write-in option that people may select.
Votes are due by 5 p.m.
October 27. According to Jersey the votes will be counted on Monday, October 30 at noon by a group of community leaders. The location for that count is to be announced.
