Community Profile

Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Monday, December 9, 2024

Program Year

2025

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Village/Town of Mount Kisco

Mount Kisco, NY

Michael Cindrich

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Mount Kisco is a coterminous Village and Town located in northern Westchester County, NY, and comprises 3.1 square miles, has a population of 10,959, and includes 4,337 households. The town has many public green spaces, with extensive wetlands between hills up to 600 feet in height. It is a thriving small town with many restaurants and stores, and a diverse cultural life. For decades, the local government and volunteer groups have promoted a healthy environment as one of the key benefits of life in Mount Kisco. The town incorporated a Natural Resources Inventory into local law, and supports pollinator gardens and the regional Pollinator Pathway, and prohibits the use of pesticides on town property. Recently, the town completed invasive removal and the planting of 100 native trees and hundreds of native, pollinator-friendly perennials along Branch Brook, a stream that runs through the center of our the village.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

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.
  • 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.)
  • Create a community art project to enhance and promote monarch and pollinator conservation as well as cultural awareness and recognition.

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.
  • Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
  • Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change

  • Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.