Community Profile

Pledge Summary

Dobbs Ferry is a village of approximately 11,000 residents on the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York — the first village in New York State to be certified as a Climate Smart Community. The village is home to Waterfront Park along the Hudson shoreline, the Old Croton Aqueduct Railway, the Juhring Nature Preserve, and a growing network of pollinator gardens tended by community groups including Sustainable Dobbs, the Friends of Waterfront Park, and the Dobbs Ferry chapter of the Pollinator Pathway. Residents and volunteers have installed native pollinator gardens at the 9/11 Memorial, created a River Garden with local high school students, and adopted village green spaces for habitat restoration featuring milkweed, bee balm, echinacea, and other native perennials. Mayor Christy Knell has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with her signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge and looks forward to deepening the village's partnership with residents, schools, and community organizations to expand pollinator habitat throughout Dobbs Ferry.