Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Friday, December 1, 2023

Program Year

2024

Achievement

2024

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Village of La Grange

La Grange, IL

Mark Kuchler

President

Pledge Summary

La Grange is a village in northeastern Illinois with a population of roughly 16,2000. The village is located west of Chicago and 40 years as a tree city usa, with heavily tree lined streets. President Mark Kuchler has committed to saving the monarch buttfly and other pollinators with their signing of the Mayor's Monarch Please and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the Village.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2024

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.
Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
President Mark Kuchler	2025	3/17/2025		View Pledge
President Mark Kuchler	2024	12/1/2023	Signatories	View Pledge
President Mark Kuchler	2023	3/20/2023	Signatories	View Pledge