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Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Monday, January 25, 2021

Program Year

2021

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Village of Seville

Seville, OH

Kathy Rhoads

President of Council, Village Council, Village of Seville

Pledge Summary

The Village of Seville is located in Northeastern Ohio, in the south-central quadrant of Medina County. The community is approximately 40 miles from Cleveland and 20 miles from Akron. Communities within 30 Miles of the Village of Seville. Interstate 71 and Interstate 76 provide convenient access. State Route 3 is a major north-south arterial that links Seville north to the City of Medina and Cleveland, and south to Wooster and beyond. Much of the development attraction within the Village of Seville can be attributed to the area’s accessibility to many of the region’s employment centers, cultural facilities and major retail businesses. In addition, the Village has a scenic landscape that combines scenic farmland with a quaint small town. Open Space or parkland within the Village consists of five parks: Cy Hewit Park, Leohr Park; Memorial Park, Stanhope Park and Freeman Park. These five parks represent 4.32% of the Village’s land area (70.9 acres). As part of our parkland, Seville has just under 2 miles of walking and biking trails. We are actively pursuing expanding the Village trail systems. The Village of Seville, Parks and Streets Department takes conservation and pollination into consideration with all decisions. We have been active participants of the Mayor's Monarch Challenge in previous years and have reported on numerous successes, including extensive milk week seeding and planting, as well as creation and maintenance of multiple pollinator flower beds. We have created a show garden in downtown Seville with signage that identifies the pollinator plants and explains how they support monarch and pollinator conservation.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening

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

  • Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

Systems Change

  • Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).