Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Friday, January 19, 2024

Program Year

2024

Achievement

Signatories

2024

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City of Verona

Verona, WI

Luke Diaz

Mayor

Pledge Summary

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Community Spotlight

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Arbor Day at the Verona Public Library

Children help to plant a tree on Arbor Day 2025.

Action Items Committed for 2024

Communications and Convening

  • Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
  • 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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Systems Change

  • Launch, expand, or continue one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.