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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Monday, March 30, 2026

Program Year

2026

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Northville

Northville, MI

Brian Turnbull

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Northville is a leading community in sustainability in both Wayne and Oakland Counties, where the municipality is the only one that sits in both. The city of Northville has established a sustainability committee that has been in operation since 2019 and has led the charge on many aspects, under their jurisdiction in Wayne County, working with county officials... examples of activities of our sustainability team include being a Tree City USA (5 years running)... reduction in invasive species in our 750 acres of park land, and river access... control of pesticides that are harmful to the environment, along with working along with our Department of Public Works (DPW) to use less salts and less environmentally unfriendly chemicals. Mayor Turnbull is looking forward to committing to signing the Mayor's Monarch Pledge engaging Northville in sustainable activities for pollinators, trees, and other environmental aspects.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2026

Communications and Convening ▸

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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Brian Turnbull	2026	3/30/2026		View Pledge