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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Program Year

2025

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Village of Mokena

Mokena, IL

George Metanias

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The Village of Mokena is a south suburb of Chicago in Will County with a population of roughly 20,000. The Village takes great pride in maintaining the monarch butterfly population by implementing a wildflower field in vacant lots. This ensures monarch butterflies and other pollinators have a safe place within our community. Mayor Fleischer of Mokena, Illinois has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitats throughout the Village.

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Action Items Committed for 2025

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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Convert vacant lots to monarch habitat.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.

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.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date
Mayor George Metanias	2026	3/13/2026	View Pledge
Mayor George Metanias	2025	3/26/2025	View Pledge
Mayor Frank Fleischer	2023	3/8/2023	View Pledge