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Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Monday, June 15, 2026

Program Year

2026

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City of College Park

College Park, MD

Fazlul Kabir

Mayor

Pledge Summary

College Park is a city in Maryland. It is home to the University of Maryland College Park campus and has several community gardens. It has a population of roughly 35,000 people. Mayor Fazlul Kabir is committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with his signing of the Mayor's Monarch pledge. He is looking forward to continuing engaging citizens in building more pollinator habitat in the city.

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Community Spotlight

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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change

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