
Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Program Year
2021
Achievement

2021
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Community Spotlight

Elm Street Green Meadow
Zionsville has over 700 acres of parkland, most in a natural state with floodplain, forests and restored pollinator meadows such as at Elm Street Green.

New Habitat Restoration at Zionsville Golf Course
In 2023, 2 acres of Zionsville Golf Course rough were restored as a pollinator meadow.

Carpenter Nature Preserve
In 2023 the Zionsville Parks and Recreation Department purchased the 215-acre former Wolf Run Golf Course. The future Carpenter Nature Preserve will feature Eagle Creek floodplain, open forest and prairie habitats.
Action Items Committed for 2021
- 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.)
- Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- 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 Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
- 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).
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Past Pledge Archive
Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
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Mayor John Stehr | 2025 | 2/5/2025 | View Pledge | |
Mayor John Stehr | 2024 | 1/31/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
Mayor Emily Styron | 2023 | 1/5/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
Mayor Emily Styron | 2022 | 2/1/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
Mayor Emily Styron | 2021 | 12/10/2020 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |