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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Program Year

2025

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City of Edina

Edina, MN

James Hovland

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The City of Edina, a first ring suburban city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, serves a population of over 54,000 residents. The City has a balance of residential, commercial and recreational development. Mayor Hovland of Edina, MN supports saving monarch and other pollinators through the signing of the Mayors' Monarch Pledge. This pledge aligns with the City's Climate Action Plan and sustainability goals. The Mayor and City Staff are committed to increasing habitat creation throughout the City, both on City property and engaging with residents and private land owner.

Community Spotlight

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 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 ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Systems Change ▸

Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor James Hovland	2025	4/22/2025		View Pledge