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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Program Year

2021

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Village of Glencoe

Glencoe, IL

Lawrence R. Levin

Village President

Pledge Summary

The Village of Glencoe is a northern Cook County community with a population of roughly 9,000. The Village is situated on Lake Michigan and is home to several monarch gardens, sanctuaries, and nurseries across the community. The Village Glencoe, IL has committed to saving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the signing of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge and looks forward to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the Village.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

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.)
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 ▸

Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Village President Lawrence R. Levin	2021	3/4/2021		View Pledge