Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Village of Riverwoods

Riverwoods, IL

Kristine Ford

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Riverwoods is a Village in the north suburbs of Chicago with a population of roughly 3,700 people. The Village is a unique community located primarily along the east side of the Des Plaines River with homes built in and among various remnant woodlands, savanna marsh and prairie ecosystems. Mayor Ford has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging the community in establishing more pollinator habitat throughout the Village.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

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.
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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

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

Systems Change ▸

Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Kristine Ford	2026	4/24/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Kristine Ford	2025	2/15/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor John Norris	2021	4/2/2021		View Pledge