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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Program Year

2022

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City of South Bend

South Bend, IN

James Mueller

Mayor

Pledge Summary

South Bend is a city of 100,000 residents, located in north-central Indiana. We are committed to helping monarch butterflies prosper. We will continue to plant milkweed in our parks and educate people regarding the value of these plants, and the monarch butterflies that are sustained by them!

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Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
  • 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

  • Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Systems Change

  • Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).