Advocacy yields new post office paint job for 250th
By 2023, the paint was peeling, and Acton residents Faye Allen and Holly Cratsley started pushing for action.
It took multiple letters and action from Rep. Lori Trahan, but the Acton post office on Walden Street is scoring a fresh coat of paint just in time for Saturday’s 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution.
Workers rolled into town on April 10 and were scheduled to finish painting on April 16, according to an environmental consultant overseeing the project.
Town records show the post office dates to 1937. By 2023, its current coat of paint was peeling, and Acton residents Faye Allen and Holly Cratsley started pushing for action.
Trahan’s deputy chief of staff, Francis Grubar, confirmed that a constituent reached out about the building’s condition.
Staff followed up with Acton’s postmaster and learned the request had waited multiple years for a resolution. Grubar said Trahan contacted the U.S. Postal Service in December to stress the issue’s urgency ahead of the 250th.
In a statement to The Bridge, Trahan praised residents, the Acton 250 Executive Committee, and the Acton post office team. “I’m so grateful for their partnership in making sure this historic building reflects the pride we all feel heading into this milestone,” she said.
After two years, Allen said she does not remember the name of the person she initially contacted about the post office paint job. Still, she said in a text, “I’m delighted to see it being painted just in the nick of time.”
