Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Friday, April 22, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

2022

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City of Greenbelt

Greenbelt, MD

Emmett Jordan

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Greenbelt is a municipality of approximately 23,000 people located just outside of Washington D.C. in Prince George's County, Maryland. The City has actively pursued opportunities to support and maintain pollinators and pollinator habitat over the years. Greenbelt has recently been certified as a Bee City USA affiliate with the Xerces Society and has taken steps to improve and create new pollinator habitat. Mayor Jordan of Greenbelt will be looking to continue with these endeavors in the year to come.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
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 ▸

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.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Emmett Jordan	2025	1/27/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Emmett Jordan	2023	3/30/2023	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Emmett Jordan	2022	4/22/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Colin Byrd	2021	3/31/2021	Leadership Circle	View Pledge