Note that the following statement was adopted by 27 members attending our meeting on August 4, 1999:

Melrose Park Neighbors Association is an organization of neighbors dedicated to creating a better life and environment for residents in this area and the vicinity.  We are dedicated to:

• Encouraging neighborliness and making it easier for neighbors to get to know one another. The Annual Flea market provides one fine example.
• Improving the environment, including water, air and noise.
• Enhancing the beauty of the neighborhood, including floral beautification, and artistic endeavors.
• Enhancing the presence of culture in our lives, in as many media and avenues as possible.
• Encouraging ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in our neighborhood and organization
• Eliminating or reducing traffic problems, such as dangerous intersections, speeding, and more.
• Helping ensure that SEPTA becomes a better and more responsible neighbor
• Recording and spreading word of the history if our neighborhood and region.
• Encouraging the kind of economic development that we believe would be beneficial to our neighborhood.
• Responding to the needs and wishes of neighbors as they arise.