Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of Sugar Land

Sugar Land, TX

Joe Zimmerman

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Sugar Land is a city in Central Texas with a population of roughly 118,000. The city has 9 miles of Brazos River Corridor and is home to more than 2,000 acres of parks and open space. Mayor Joe R. Zimmerman of Sugar Land, TX has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

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 ▸

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

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Joe Zimmerman	2024	1/31/2024	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Joe Zimmerman	2023	3/31/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Joe Zimmerman	2022	2/14/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Joe Zimmerman	2021	4/22/2021	Signatories	View Pledge