Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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City of Easthampton

Easthampton , MA

Nicole LaChapelle

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Easthampton, MA, is a small city of 16,000, nestled in Western MA's Pioneer Valley. In the winter of 2023, Easthampton completed a Pollinator Action Plan, outlining key action items for improving and expanding the City's pollinator habitats. In 2024, the City completed a comprehensive Climate Action Plan to inform action steps the City and residents can take toward monarch and pollinator conservation as well as decarbonization efforts. Additionally, in April of 2024 Easthampton was officially designated as a BEE CITY USA Affiliate.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening ▸

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.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Nicole LaChapelle	2025	3/19/2025	Signatories	View Pledge