Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Monday, March 1, 2021

Program Year

2021

Achievement

2021

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City of Warren

Warren, MI

Lori Stone

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The city of Warren is the third largest city in the state of Michigan. Since being elected Mayor in Nov. 2007 I have been committed to saving the Monarch Butterfly. I established a butterfly garden at city hall in the Spring of 2008 and encouraged residents to do the same. My administration has also encouraged community gardens and many "green" initiatives to save the environment.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

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.
Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
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 Lori Stone	2026	1/8/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Lori Stone	2025	1/13/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Lori Stone	2021	3/1/2021	Signatories	View Pledge