Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Monday, March 23, 2026
Program Year
2026
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Community Spotlight
Indian Oaks Park - Marengo IL
2nd site to be prepared for 2022 planting. The site is on NW side of the Indian Oak's park property. Seeds will be planted in either spring of 2022 or fall of 2022 dependent on site readiness. The site is prepped with tarp and landscape fabric.
Action Items Committed for 2026
- 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 Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Community Associations or neighborhood organizations to identify opportunities to plant monarch gardens and revise maintenance and mowing programs.
- Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.
- 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.
- Convert vacant lots to monarch habitat.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Mike Proffitt | 2026 | 3/23/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Mike Proffitt | 2025 | 2/28/2025 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor John Kozial | 2024 | 3/18/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor John Koziol | 2023 | 3/22/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor John Koziol | 2022 | 1/3/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
