Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of Greenfield

Greenfield, WI

Michael Neitzke

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Greenfield is a community in southeastern Wisconsin with a population of roughly 37,000. Greenfield has been a Tree City, USA for over 25 years and in 2020 was designated as a Bee City, USA, a Monarch City, USA and a Bird City, WI. The City of Greenfield is committed to sustainable land management practices. Mayor Michael Neitzke has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

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 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.

Systems Change ▸

Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Michael Neitzke	2024	12/1/2023	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Neitzke	2023	3/8/2023	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Neitzke	2022	1/14/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Michael Neitzke	2021	12/15/2020	Signatories	View Pledge