Community Profile

Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Program Year

2026

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Town of Morrisville

Morrisville, NC

TJ Cawley

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Morrisville is an amazing community where you can live, work, play, and learn! We are a unique and diverse community of 34,000, with 46% Asian population. Morrisville was voted #2 of 509 Best Places to Live in North Carolina. The Town has a master sustainability plan which includes a natural environment focus area. This focus includes caring for tree canopy and requires that Town landscape projects have a minimum for native plant materials. The Town's Education Garden as well as the Morrisville Environment & Stormwater Committee work together to promote education in support of pollinator-friendly habitats.

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Action Items Committed for 2026

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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
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.
Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.

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.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor TJ Cawley	2026	2/26/2026		View Pledge
Mayor TJ Cawley	2025	3/28/2025	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor TJ Cawley	2024	1/9/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor TJ Cawley	2023	12/15/2022	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor TJ Cawley	2022	12/29/2021	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor TJ Cawley	2021	4/19/2021	Signatories	View Pledge