About Us
We are a group of Norwich residents who are extremely concerned about the current state of our town government. The collapse of our police and DPW departments, in particular, has only confirmed the fact that the current Selectboard members and town manager are leading Norwich in the wrong direction. We worry that the lack of competent management and oversight of own town government will result in further decline in safety and services in town.
While as a group we do not all agree on every single issue facing our beloved town, we all believe that a competent town government is critical to providing basic services. Turning the ship around will take time and it can be done with a clear and focused commitment.
We launched Stand Up for Norwich to bring together a coalition of like-minded Norwich residents who will:
Develop a strategy to rebuild basic public safety services that will receive a clear majority of the vote in March 2023.
Identify, recruit, and support three candidates to run on this platform.
We are establishing an ongoing organizational structure that will provide support to those who serve on the Selectboard to implement the plan. Among ideas that we have already received to ensure ongoing, low-time commitment, engagement and participation, are rotating working groups, rotating Selectboard meeting attendees, and monthly topic-focused discussion, so that information and work can be shared among all of us.
If you are interested in joining our efforts to bring back competent and pragmatic management and oversight to our beloved Town of Norwich, please sign up to receive our emails.