Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Friday, January 17, 2025
Program Year
2025
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Community Spotlight
Monarch Caterpillar on Green Milkweed
This picture was taken on 4/13/2021 in DWG's Monarch Waystation garden.
Monarch Chalk Art at Earth Day event
Attendees were encouraged to create chalk art for this year's theme of Restore Our Earth. Restoring monarchs was on the mind of some of the participants. The event was centered around DWG's monarch waystation garden.
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Milkweed Propagation
This is a picture of a member of our community scattering milkweed seeds to encourage growth in the wildscape area of our park (Gardens Park)
Milkweed Collection
This is a picture of a member of our community collecting milkweed seeds to be later scattered in the wildscape area of our park (Gardens Park).
Monarch Lifecycle Project
This is a picture of a display used to provide education material related to the Monarch lifecycle. The table also includes a model example of a Monarch lifecycle art project used by citizens for an art project.
Action Items Committed for 2025
- 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.
- 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.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Laurie Bianco | 2025 | 1/17/2025 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Laurie Bianco | 2024 | 1/22/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Laurie Bianco | 2023 | 3/13/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Laurie Bianco | 2022 | 2/23/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Laurie Bianco | 2021 | 1/25/2021 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
