Community Profile

Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Monday, March 23, 2026

Program Year

2026

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City Of Marengo

Marengo, IL

Mike Proffitt

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Marengo is a community of 7,500 people in western McHenry County, surrounded by farm fields. The City Mayor and Admin have been fully behind MMP for the 5 years of their pledge. The City allows the MMP volunteers to use city property on which to build our MMP gardens

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Community Spotlight

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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

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.)
  • 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.

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.
  • Convert vacant lots to monarch habitat.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.