WHAT CAN YOU DO?

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"We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately" Ben Franklin

Please click here to fill out our contact and membership form and we will keep you informed about important issues.

WhitpainResidents.org Postal Address

WhitpainResidents.org
PO Box 823
Blue Bell, PA 19422

Make a Donation

Many of your neighbors are donating their time and effort to protect our quality of life and by extension the value of our homes. In addition to their good efforts, our success requires outside professionals (lawyers and experts), communications (printing, postage, etc.) and other sundry expenditures.

To help our effort with a donation, please make your check payable to WhitpainResidents.org and send it to:

Craig Remar, CPA
Treasurer
WhitpainResidents.org
PO Box 823
Blue Bell, PA 19422

Contact Our Supervisors

Whitpain is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors elected at-large by the electorate. Most, if not all, of the executive and legislative powers allocated to Whitpain Township by the State are vested in the Board. As part of their responsibilities, the Supervisors approve or deny land development applications and appoint the members of the Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board.
Supervisors accept e-mail through a general e-mail account. Click on any of their names, below, to send to them an e-mail.

Joseph J. Palmer - Chairman

Brian W. Young - Vice Chairman Anthony F. Greco - Secretary

Fred Conner - Treasurer Adam D. Zucker - Assistant Secretary

The postal address is:
PO Box 800
960 Wentz Rd.
Blue Bell, PA 19422

The telephone number is:
(610) 277-2400

The website is:
http://www.whitpaintownship.org

Contact Our Other Elected Officials

While none of the below have direct decision making authority relative to land development in Whitpain, all represent some or all of the township and are concerned with and have influence over it's future. Please write to your representatives to let them know your position on issues affecting Whitpain and ask that they use their offices to aid our cause.

Montgomery County Commissioners

Chairman James R. Matthews
jmatthew@mail.montcopa.org

Vice Chairman Joseph M. Hoeffel

Commissioner Bruce L. Castor

Montgomery County Courthouse
P.O. Box 311
Norristown, PA 19404-0311
(610) 278-3020

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

If you are in voting districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 (list of polling places, here).

State Representative Mike Gerber
repgerber@pahouse.com
20 East 11th Ave
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-1679

All other voting districts:

State Representative Kate Harper
kharper@pahousegop.com
1515 DeKalb Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422
(610) 277-3230

Pennsylvania Senate

Senator John Rafferty
jrafferty@pasen.gov
3770 Ridge Pike
Collegeville, PA 19426
(610) 831-8830

US Congress

Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz (all Voting Districts except Whitpain 8)
Congresswoman Schwartz has web form, here.
Click here to send her an e-mail through her Jenkintown office.
706 West Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 517-6572

Congressman Jim Gerlach (Whitpain 8)
Congressman Gerlach has a link to a web form, here.
580 Main St. Suite #4
Trappe, PA l9426
610.409.2780
610.409.7988 (fax)

Governor

Governor Edward G. Rendell
The Governor has a web form, here.
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
(717) 787-2500.

Write a Letter to the Editor

Harness the power of the press.

Must include name, address and phone numbers (day and evening)

The Times Herald
E-mail Stan Huskey.

The Ambler Gazette
E-mail Katie O'Connor.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
E-mail Readers' Editor

Go to Township Meetings

Please click here to fill out our contact / membership form and you will be notified when items of interest are on the agenda.

All meetings, including work sessions, are open to the public and are held in the Township Building, 960 Wentz Road, Meeting Room A (unless otherwise indicated.)

Board of Supervisors Scheduled 2008 Meetings, others may be added. Work sessions start at 7:30PM, public meeting at 8:00PM:

Monday, January 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Zoning Hearing Board:
Regular monthly meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the third Thursday of the month. The Board encourages all residents to attend hearings. Parents may find it an interesting educational process for their youngsters.

Planning Commission:
Regular monthly meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of the month (except in August when the Commission is in recess).