Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

2022

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City of Lafayette

Lafayette, IN

Tony Roswarski

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Lafayette is a city in central Indiana that is located between Chicago, IL and Indianapolis, IN along with Wabash River. We are located next to Purdue University and home to many beautiful parks and community gardens, as well as the home of the Columbian Park Zoo. Mayor Roswarski has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Monarch Pledge. The Columbian Park Zoo is home to the Butterfly Garden Party walk through exhibit, and the zoo looks forward to educating visitors in building more pollinator habitats within the community.

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Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

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 ▸

Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Tony Roswarski	2026	3/31/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Tony Roswarski	2025	3/5/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Tony Roswarski	2023	2/3/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Tony Roswarski	2022	3/15/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Tony Roswarski	2021	4/9/2021		View Pledge