Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of Richfield

Richfield, MN

Maria Regan Gonzalez

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Richfield is a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, MN and home to 36,000 residents. The City has 23 parks in under 7 square miles, including the 150 acre Wood Lake Nature Center. Pollinator gardens have been established in multiple city parks and city staff regularly assess where more pollinator gardens and natural landscaping can be introduced. Mayor Regan Gonzalez and the Richfield City Council recognizes the importance of pollinator education and habitat restoration/creation. By signing on to the Mayor's Monarch Pledge, Richfield will continue engaging residents about this important topic!

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

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 ▸

Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Systems Change ▸

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.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Maria Regan Gonzalez	2021	3/18/2021	Signatories	View Pledge