Community Profile

City of Mountain Park

Mountain Park, GA

Charles Kolbrener

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Mountain Park is a nearly 100 year old city nestled just North of Atlanta. Mountain Park is less than a square mile with hills and lakes. Mountain Park is environmentally conscientious community with several awards to our credit. Recently we approved and adopted being a stop on the Lillian Carter Butterfly Trail. We have several citizens who are very active with the conservation of the Monarchs. This group of people are educating the community, City Hall and sub contractors with regards to plantings of native pollinators including Milkweed. These volunteers have helped gain approval for specific raised beds and boxes along the Lillian Carter Butterfly Trail as well as pockets of Milkweed and pollinators throughout our city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2026

Communications and Convening ▸

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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
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 ▸

Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Charles Kolbrener	2026	1/27/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Charles (Bill) Kolbrener	2025	4/14/2025	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Jim Still, Jr	2023	3/3/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Jim Still, Jr	2022	2/9/2022	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Jim Still Jr	2021	12/8/2020	Signatories	View Pledge

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