05/13/2026
A long-vacant building in downtown Ocean City officially has new life.
Today we celebrated the ribbon cutting of the new downtown USPS location at 102 Worcester Street.
OCDC originally purchased the former bar property as part of its ongoing downtown revitalization efforts. Around that same time, plans emerged to demolish the former downtown post office building, and OCDC was happy to have a space that could accommodate USPS and help keep the post office downtown.
The building, which had sat vacant for nearly 10 years, has now been transformed into a mixed-use project featuring the new downtown post office on the first floor and housing upstairs currently being used for hospitality workers, with future plans for Beach Patrol housing.
The project included major facade improvements along with new landscaping, parking, and streetscape enhancements that helped completely reshape the look and feel Worcester Street. Together with nearby workforce housing projects and surrounding businesses like Dumser's Dairyland, the block continues to see new investment and momentum.
The project was supported in part by $465,000 in DHCD grant funding and involved collaboration between OCDC, the Town of Ocean City, USPS representatives, contractors, and community partners.
