Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Program Year

2023

Achievement

Signatories

2023

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City of Sanford

Sanford, FL

Art Woodruff

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Sanford is a city in central Florida with a population of 61,051. the city sits on Lake Monroe a tributary of the St. Johns River. It has many beautiful parks and community and butterfly gardens. Sanford is a Monarch City Usa, 9th in the state of Florida. We are committed to saving pollinators and the Monarch Butterfly population. We encourage residents to build and create pollinator habitat throughout the city of Sanford.

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Action Items Committed for 2023

Communications and Convening ▸

  • Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

  • 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.
  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Systems Change ▸

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