Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, March 17, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Egg Harbor City

Egg Harbor City, NJ

Lisa Jiampetti

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Egg Harbor City New Jersey is a city of 4300 residents. We have planted many community gardens and wish to commit to monarch and pollinator conservation by planting a butterfly garden and educating the public.

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Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

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 Lisa Jiampetti Ed.D	2026	3/3/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Lisa Jiampetti	2025	3/17/2025	Signatories	View Pledge