Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Program Year
2023
Achievement
2023
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Community Spotlight
iNaturalist Project promotes Community Science
Residents are invited to share their observations of flora and fauna at Patterson Park by submitting photos to iNaturalist Project: Exploring Patterson Park! This data will help us track the park's biodiversity as we continue to add native plantings.
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Volunteer Work Days at Patterson
Volunteer work days at Patterson park, hosted by the Beautification Commission, will continue in 2026! Join us: April 11, May 9, June 13, July TBA
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Native Plant Sale Fundraiser
The GPP Beautification Commission is excited to partner with Michiganense Natives to host a Native Plant sale on Saturday, 5/30 from 9am - 1pm! A percentage of the proceeds will go toward adding more native plants to our community gardens.
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KMB Mini Grant for Children's Garden
The Patterson Park Garden club created a Children's Garden around the playscape last year, made possible by a grant from KMB, Inc. This year, an additional grant was received with the goal of adding more plantings as well as educational signage.
Action Items Committed for 2023
- 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.)
- Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- 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).
- Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
- 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 | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Michele Hodges | 2026 | 1/22/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Michele Hodges | 2025 | 1/24/2025 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Michele Hodges | 2024 | 2/4/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Michele Hodges | 2023 | 3/8/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
