Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Program Year

2022

Achievement

Leadership Circle

2022

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City of Chamblee

Chamblee, GA

Brian Mock

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Chamblee is a city located northeast of Atlanta with a population of roughly 30,000. The city is home to nine parks and a linear trail called "the rail trail". Mayor Mock of Chamblee, GA has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout the city.

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Community Spotlight

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Old City Hall Pollinator Garden Success!

A garden plot formerly occupied by invasive species was converted to a healthy, vibrant pollinator garden. The garden is now home to over 30 species of native plants, and monarch butterfly caterpillars who munched on milkweed in 2025.

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Milkweed Giveaway Success

Chamblee Public Works gave away over 250 swamp milkweed plants this year during September.

Action Items Committed for 2022

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.
  • 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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens

  • Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
  • Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
  • Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Systems Change

  • Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.