Properties of Merit™ Principles of Success

Properties of Merit™ (POM™) is a non-profit 501 c 3 organization that keeps morale and momentum moving forward in communities seeking to revitalize and better themselves through annual and ongoing programs. To ensure that all POM™ programs are ongoing and continue over time, POM™ provides one-on-one support, training, and materials to participating communities

POM was recently designated an offical partner of the Pennsylvania Downtown Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of Pennsylvania's core communities.

• By providing well organized “template” programs, the supplies to run those programs and the grass roots support to the volunteers that run them, POM™ makes it possible for annual programs to launch and continue over time in almost any community that desires to revitalize or improve.
• To ensure the maximum results in each community and eliminate all barriers to participation, these programs are run by volunteers and can be started quickly and run economically.
• Because its programs are comprehensive in the communities it serves – all income levels are served – from low to moderate income to highly affluent. Healthy communities have healthy mixes of all incomes, and POM™ seeks to serve all.

POM™ programs contain community and economic revitalization elements that have been proven to work over time:

• Citizen involvement – POM™ seeks to connect with citizens and build partnerships at every stage and at every level, working to keep all programs citizen driven.
• Simplicity – POM™ programs are disciplined and kept simple.
• Efficiency, Creativity and Continuity – POM™ programs keep costs low through volunteerism at the community level, small but numerous contributions at a local level and creatively solving entrenched and difficult community problems through citizen empowerment and involvement.
• POM™ structures and supports these programs so that they are annual and ongoing so that they build a critical mass over time in the communities they serve.