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Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Friday, December 4, 2020

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of South Beloit

South Beloit, IL

Ted Rehl

Mayor

Pledge Summary

South Beloit is a city located in Winnebago County, Illinois. It sits along the IL and WI border. Our population is nearly 8000. Nature at The Confluence was built in 2017 on a former dumping area along Turtle Creek and the Rock River. A new 6 acre prairie and an educational pollinator garden surround the 2200 square foot indoor Nature Learning Center. Nature At The Confluence offers a live monarch exhibit, monarch educational programs and gives away milkweed seeds. When the center opened there were 10 stems of Common Milkweed on the property, and a 2020 survey shows over 200 stems. We have also introduced 3 other milkweed varieties.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Ted Rehl	2021	12/4/2020	Signatories	View Pledge