Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

Signatories

2025

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Town of Arlington

Arlington, MA

James Feeney

Town Manager

Pledge Summary

The Town of Arlington is a community of approx. 50,000 located west of Boston, Massachusetts. The Town is a leader in mitigating climate change and adapting to its effects, and has a proud tradition of environmentalism.

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.
  • 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 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

  • Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.