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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Program Year

2022

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City of Brooklyn Center

Brooklyn Center, MN

April Graves

Mayor

Pledge Summary

A community comprised of 8.5 square miles, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is an inner ring suburb in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area situated on the banks of the Mississippi River. The city is home to a diverse population of 33,782 residents. Brooklyn Center residents enjoy easy access to Hwy 100, I-94/694, Hwy 252, and Hwy 169; the commute to downtown Minneapolis is six minutes while the commute to Saint Paul is 15 minutes. Brooklyn Center’s parks and nature areas contribute to its attractive quality of life. Combined with a 20-mile trail system extending to all neighboring communities and the Mississippi River, residents can walk or bicycle throughout the city and much of the northwest metro. Our City Council issued a proclamation proclaiming Monday, March 28, 2022, as “Community Monarch Pledge Day” in the City of Brooklyn Center and is committed to making a difference for monarchs.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
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.
Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.
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.

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.
Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Systems Change ▸

Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor April Graves	2022	3/31/2022		View Pledge