Pledge Status
Did Not Report
Pledge Date
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Program Year
2023
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Community Spotlight
Skate Park Expression Wall
As part of the Mayors' Monarch Challenge the Mooresville Parks & Recreation Community Outreach Team created a mural to promote monarch butterflies and pollinator awareness. This mural was created by Art Instructor, Maria Campagna.
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150 Pollinator Garden Initiative
Parks & Recreation Community Outreach Team gave away 75 native pollinators at our Earth Day Event. Citizens choose from common or swamp milkweed or butterfly weed. Outdoor Education Instructor, Jackie Phelps promoted our Pollinator Garden initiative.
Learn MoreAction 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.
- 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 gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.
- 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.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Miles Atkins | 2023 | 4/12/2023 | View Pledge |
