Community Profile

Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Program Year

2023

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Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Pam Hemminger

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Chapel Hill is a town of 60,000 residents which is located in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. Home to the state’s flagship public university, UNC-Chapel Hill, the town is known for its inclusive and progressive values including its longstanding support of environmental causes. In fact, one of the Town’s highest priority areas is environmental stewardship, including commitments to reduce carbon footprint, to improve local waterways and conserve biological ecosystems, and to invest in green infrastructure and build community resilience. Mayor Pam Hemminger of Chapel Hill, NC has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with her signing of the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the town.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2023

Communications and Convening ▸

Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
Create a community-driven educational conservation strategy, initiative, or practice that focuses on and benefits local, underserved residents.
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, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
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 one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Jess Anderson	2026	3/18/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Pam Hemminger	2023	5/2/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Pam Hemminger	2022	3/3/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Pam Hemminger	2021	3/30/2021		View Pledge