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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Program Year

2022

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Town of Ossining

Ossining, NY

Dana Levenberg

Town Supervisor

Pledge Summary

Town of Ossining is a predominantly residential community in Westchester County, New York. With six large parks, including one on the banks of the beautiful Hudson river, an organic community garden, passive trails and other natural assets, the Town is committed to protecting natural habitats, planting native species, reducing invasive plants and trees, and enhancing our natural resources. By taking the Mayor's Monarch Pledge we have committed to actively planting species that attract monarchs as well as other pollinators and support other policies and programs to educate and encourage these plantings throughout the Town.

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Action Items Committed for 2022

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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Systems Change

  • 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.