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How Doug Collins' new post office bill could affect Gainesville's Green Street location

The 29,000-square-foot post office building on an almost 3-acre lot on Green Street in Gainesville is for sale. - photo by Scott Rogers

02212019 POST 1.jpg — The 29,000-square-foot post office building on an almost 3-acre lot on Green Street in Gainesville is for sale. - photo by Scott Rogers

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, introduced a bill Wednesday that would require the United States Postal Service to get approval from local governments before moving a post office, as the postal service’s plans to move the Green Street office in Gainesville have some officials concerned.