Mailbox Thank-You!

A special thank-you to Anthony Devore and Bruce Fleming for their time installing mailboxes for several neighbors in need of assistance. If you see them around the neighborhood, let them know you appreciate their help!

Also--some folks have asked about where to get those white, oval-shaped mailbox house numbers that have been popping up on the mailboxes on Oak Street. Those are available at Lowe's in the mailbox section. They're called Reflective Plaques, they are in the section with mailbox accessories, and they're about $16. They have a good stock of them at the Arden Lowe's, and the Smoky Park Lowe's will be restocking some this week.

Final Details on Home Postal Delivery

• The Candler post office will include us as part of their route starting on March 31, 2008, so you can start giving your physical address as your mailing address starting at that time (assuming you wish to do so and have installed a mailbox). You can pick up change of address forms at any post office or online.

• Before you dig the post for your mailbox, be sure to call NC’s Call Before You Dig line, which is 1-800-632-4949. Those folks need 48 hours’ notice to come out and mark electrical and other underground lines. (When I called, they had our old address—Pine instead of Enka Pine—so keep that in mind when you call.)

• The mailboxes must be placed on the side of the street where there is no parking. If you live on the parking side of the street, you will need to coordinate with your neighbor across the street to find the most mutually agreeable location for your mailbox.

• The post office prefers that the mailboxes be placed near your driveway or walkway, so it’s clear which house goes with which box. If you are across the street from your box, place it directly across from your front walk, if possible.

• When placing your mailbox, there should be 36-42 inches from the ground to the base of mailbox. The mailbox should not obstruct traffic but should be close enough to the curb that the driver can easily reach it. The post office representative said that the box at 2 Enka Oak Street was perfectly placed, so take a look at that as a model.

• The house number must be on the front or side of the mailbox or post where the driver will be approaching.


Thank you!
Enka Village Commission

Update on Mailboxes

For those of you who ordered mailboxes through the bulk order:

--They will be available for pickup at 3 Enka Pine Street starting this weekend. Please call Amber Cook 665-1914 to arrange a pickup.

--If you need assistance installing your mailbox, we will be gathering a crew to help either next week or weekend and will be in touch.

For any of you interested in home mail service:

--Before you install your mailbox, you'll need to call the state's Call Before You Dig line, which is 1-800-632-4949. You must place the call 2 business days before you start digging. These folks will send someone out to mark gas, sewer, power, and cable lines to make sure you don't hit anything when you dig. When I called, they still had the old address (Pine instead of Enka Pine), so you may want to use that name when you call.

--I am meeting the head of the Candler post office here next week, and she'll do a final processing of our roads into one of their routes. We should be able to start getting delivery the following week, but we'll send out a message with the official start date.

Thanks!
Amber