Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Town of Barnstable

Barnstable, MA

Mark Ells

Town Manager

Pledge Summary

Town of Barnstable is located on Cape Cod, MA. Established in 1639, the Town is home to 50,000 year round residents and sponsors robust conservation programing and land management best practices. Upwards of 150,000 seasonal residents call Barnstable home and the Town hosts over 4 Mil visitors annually. Our Open Space and Parks/Recreational planning are asset number one; we are wholeheartedly committed to native plantings and public education concerning best land management stewardship. Climate resiliency is foremost in our thoughts towards community development and future planning goals with preservation and historical guidance.

Community Spotlight

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 ▸

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	Achievement
Town Manager Mark Ells	2026	1/23/2026		View Pledge
Town Manager Mark Ells	2025	2/5/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Town Manager Mark S. Ells	2023	3/30/2023	Signatories	View Pledge