Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Monday, March 18, 2024
Program Year
2024
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Community Spotlight
Indian Oaks Park - Marengo IL
2nd site to be prepared for 2022 planting. The site is on NW side of the Indian Oak's park property. Seeds will be planted in either spring of 2022 or fall of 2022 dependent on site readiness. The site is prepped with tarp and landscape fabric.
Action Items Committed for 2024
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
- Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
- Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
- Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor John Kozial | 2024 | 3/18/2024 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor John Koziol | 2023 | 3/22/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor John Koziol | 2022 | 1/3/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
