About Us - ENRO

See bottom of page for ENRO contact information. Or go here.


We're working on forming a NEW Board of Directors!  We'll let you know as soon as we get organized - so check back to see the personal commitment each board member is making to East Norriton!


Also page down to see:

  • Accomplishments
  • Operating Principles
And see the menu at left for:
  • ENRO Mission
  • Join Us!
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Accomplishments

We've still a young group but we already have the following accomplishments:

  • Sponsored and organized forum for candidates running for School Board in the Primary Election in May 2009. This forum provided voters with more information to make informed decisions at the polls. For more about this forum and other election news go here.
  • Publication of first ENRO Newsletter: EAST NORRITON WATCH. Distributed to every household in the township. Read it here.
  • Closing date for Woodys has been delayed from Dec 2008 to Jan 2010.
  • Agendas for upcoming EN Township Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board meetings are now posted on the Township's website due to ENRO questions. See them on the calendar.
  • We're attending township meetings and asking questions. Come and participate!

THANK YOU!!

for coming to the important Planning Commission meeting Sep 17 !!
The room was OVERFLOWING!
YOU MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE!!!

Therefore, ZHB Case #2008-10, Metropol Properties (Power House) did NOT pass.

The Planning Commission denied the developer's request for waivers and variances for their proposed development on the Power House corner on Township Line Rd and DeKalb (across Township Line Rd from the CVS). The problems included huge traffic flow issues and ownership of access routes. The Planning Commissioners were also dismayed that the developer did not thoroughly talk to neighboring residents. The room was packed full of residents - ALL passionately opposed to this development. Keith Tornetta (Chairman, Planning Commission) confirmed that as the Planning Commission is just an advisory board that can only make recommendations, the developer can still choose to go ahead to the Zoning Hearing Board. Keep watching the township website...ENRO will also watch and send out emails as we learn of any future events concerning this proposal (if any).


What happened at the Einstein Hospital Complex Hearing on July 12? go here to read our view


"Great picnic! We should do this more often!"

 

What a GREAT picnic! The first ever East Norriton Residents Picnic at the Farm Park on June 19 was a huge success. Attendance was double what we expected. Neighbors met and shared views on developments in the township, the draft Comprehensive Plan, and the hospital complex - here's what some said:

  • "I believe the information made available to attendees and the friendliness of the hosts will aid in giving ENRO a positive presence in the community."
  • "Thanks to the people who manned the food and beverage area -- free food served up by friendly people didn't hurt either."

Operating Principles

The East Norriton Residents Organization is committed to uphold the seven uncompromising values as described in the Township's Operating Principles.

In addition, we will hold our elected officials and township employees accountable for their actions and behavior in accordance with these values. We will speak up when we see any of these values being compromised.

We, the East Norriton Residents Organization, will:

Protect EN Township’s STEWARDSHIP value
– We must conserve and enhance the assets of the township.
– We will not let future plans and pursuits take precedence over, nor get in the way of, our commitment to today’s community and its needs.
Promote EN Township’s INTEGRITY value
– We will do the right thing - not simply the easy thing.
– We cannot simply be right in our decisions; we have to look right, too.
– We will not allow a compromise in public trust.
Guard EN Township’s RESPECT value
– We will always treat every person with respect and dignity.
– No amount of authority, status, or power can excuse anyone in our organization from treating another with rudeness, humiliation, or disrespect.
Require EN Township’s RESPONSIBILITY value
– Personal accountability is a basis of our commitment to each other and to the community.
– We can watch silently as others act against these operating principles or we can step up and say what we see.
– Personal responsibility means doing the right thing when others aren’t.
Uphold EN Township’s COOPERATION value
– Either-or, we-they, and win-lose thinking has no place in our organization.
– We freely join with colleagues across organizational and municipal boundaries to advance the interests of the community.
– We strive to treat citizens as partners with us. We not only listen to them, we seek their input.
Support EN Township’s LEADERSHIP value
– We require leadership marked by directness, openness to ideas and willingness to not be negatively influenced, commitment to the success of others, and trust.
– Not only must we model these behaviors, we must coach others to adopt them.
Build EN Township’s REPUTATION
– It is not enough to act consistent with our operating principles. We must be seen as being consistent if we hope to earn the confidence of the whole community.
– We will strive to be known as the best township government, based on what the community says about its township and what our employees say about their workplace.
– The reputation is built by the small, daily acts of each employee in how we treat citizens and how we treat each other.

These excerpts are from the East Norriton Township's Operating Principles.
While we will uphold the entire text of the Operating Principles, only excerpts have been reproduced here for brevity's sake.