Business Notebook: Post office looking for volunteers

The Cape Girardeau post office is looking for volunteers to establish a local Consumer Advisory Council, according to a news release from the United States Postal Service.

The Consumer Advisory Council will provide a forum for USPS customers to express concerns, ideas and suggestions to postal officials, the release said. At the forums, postal managers will be available to answer questions, clarify postal rules, regulations and procedures, discuss and resolve service problems and inform council members of new and changing postal services and programs, according to the release.

An organizational meeting regarding the Consumer Advisory Council will be at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16, and Cape Girardeau acting postmaster JaNan O'Brien will be in attendance to answer questions and provide Consumer Advisory Council applications. Applications also will be available at the main Cape Girardeau post office, 475 Kell Farm Drive.

For more information, contact O'Brien at janan.m.o'brien@usps.gov.

Business Roundup

* Marco's Pizza, which is being constructed adjacent to Family Video, 1330 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, is set to open Jan. 5, according to Family Video district manager Brent Lavigne. Family Video partnered with the pizza chain and is the process of opening hundreds of Marco's Pizza restaurants nationwide.

* AT&T now offers 4G LTE in the Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Sikeston, Mo., areas, including Advance, Chaffee, Oran and Scott City, according to a news release from the company. Providing the faster network is part of AT&T's $2.4 billion statewide investment since 2009.

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Pertinent addresses:

475 Kell Farm Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO

1330 Broadway, Cape Girardeau, MO

Poplar Bluff, MO

Sikeston, MO