Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, February 14, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

2022

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City of Champaign

Champaign, IL

Deborah Feinen

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Champaign, in east central Illinois, is a City with a population of approximately 90,000 people. Along with our neighboring City of Urbana, Champaign is the home of the University of Illinois. Mayor Deborah Feinen and the Champaign City Council have provided clear direction and leadership to City staff that our green infrastructure is a community priority. Mayor Feinen spearheaded this effort by issuing the City's first Monarch Conservation Month Proclamation in 2016.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
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 ▸

Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Deborah Feinen	2024	3/27/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Deborah Feinen	2023	3/23/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Deborah Feinen	2022	2/14/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Deborah Feinen	2021	3/10/2021	Signatories	View Pledge