Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
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Action Items Committed for 2022
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- Host or support a monarch butterfly festival that is accessible to all residents in the community and promotes monarch and pollinator conservation, as well as cultural awareness and recognition.
- 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).
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- 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.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor William (Bill) Dusch | 2025 | 1/31/2025 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor William Dusch | 2024 | 3/6/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor, City of Concord NC William Dusch | 2023 | 3/9/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mr William C. "Bill" Dusch | 2022 | 2/1/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Bill Dusch | 2021 | 3/30/2021 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
