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Pledge Date

Friday, December 6, 2024

Program Year

2025

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City of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Wade Kapszukiewicz

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Toledo is located in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Strategic Priority-Environment Ensure all our environmental resources, major equipment, and infrastructure are efficient and sustainable for long-term viability. Objectives 1. Promote conservation of natural resources by incentivizing and implementing sustainable practices, energy efficiency, and alternative energy solutions. 2. Promote and implement sustainability practices within the organization. 3. Provide education and leadership to ensure natural resources are preserved for future generations. 4. Maintain reliable utility infrastructure to deliver safe and clean water to all residents and facilitate wastewater treatment and storm water management. 5. Develop and sustain public infrastructure that services the needs of the community, including utilities and water supply. 6. Operate water, sewer, and storm water utilities in a manner which provides for the health of the community and protects and promotes environmental sustainability.

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City of Toledo

City of Toledo- Monarch Conservation and Education-Summer Program

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Pollinator Garden at Unitarian Church

This pollinator garden is a part of Sacred Garden Toledo

Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening

  • 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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

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

Systems Change

  • Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.