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Summary for 2021

Melbourne Village is a small community of approximately 700 residents, located in The Space Coast area of Florida. The town was founded in 1946 as an Intentional Community, with early residents building their own homes, and running small businesses to support themselves and their families. Some of these businesses included farming chinchillas and organic gardening. The Town had an honor system town store where people could sell their products to their neighbors. The Town was incorporated in 1957 to avoid absorption into the surrounding, rapidly expanding city of Melbourne. Today, Melbourne Village retains much of it's original charm and personality. Many people still raise chickens, grow their own food, and participate in a very close knit community where neighbors helping neighbors is the norm. It is a refuge for abundant wildlife, making Monarch Habitat expansion a natural fit for the town.

Summary for 2021

The City of Dalworthington Gardens, Texas is a rural oasis in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The City covers an area of almost 2 square miles and has a population of approximately 2,200. A 43 acre park includes a lake and offers a chance for people to relax and enjoy being in nature. Mayor Bianco of Dalworthington Gardens first took the Mayor’s Monarch Pledge in 2019. 8 action items were pledged to qualify the City as part of the Leadership Circle, a status that we continue to work to maintain in order to raise awareness in the community and encourage conservation practices to support the monarch butterfly. A garden in Gardens Park was reworked in response to one of the first year’s action items. It now better supports monarch butterflies on their migration and has received designation as a Monarch Waystation.

Summary for 2021

The Village of Seville is located in Northeastern Ohio, in the south-central quadrant of Medina County. The community is approximately 40 miles from Cleveland and 20 miles from Akron. Communities within 30 Miles of the Village of Seville. Interstate 71 and Interstate 76 provide convenient access. State Route 3 is a major north-south arterial that links Seville north to the City of Medina and Cleveland, and south to Wooster and beyond. Much of the development attraction within the Village of Seville can be attributed to the area’s accessibility to many of the region’s employment centers, cultural facilities and major retail businesses. In addition, the Village has a scenic landscape that combines scenic farmland with a quaint small town. Open Space or parkland within the Village consists of five parks: Cy Hewit Park, Leohr Park; Memorial Park, Stanhope Park and Freeman Park. These five parks represent 4.32% of the Village’s land area (70.9 acres). As part of our parkland, Seville has just under 2 miles of walking and biking trails. We are actively pursuing expanding the Village trail systems. The Village of Seville, Parks and Streets Department takes conservation and pollination into consideration with all decisions. We have been active participants of the Mayor's Monarch Challenge in previous years and have reported on numerous successes, including extensive milk week seeding and planting, as well as creation and maintenance of multiple pollinator flower beds. We have created a show garden in downtown Seville with signage that identifies the pollinator plants and explains how they support monarch and pollinator conservation.

Summary for 2021

Summary for 2021

Founded in 1845, the City of New Braunfels boasts a highly diversified quality of life for its citizens, businesses, and visitors alike. Mayor Brockman has committed to helping save the monarch butterfly and other pollinators by signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge. He looks forward to engaging residents in monarch conservation efforts throughout the city of New Braunfels.

Summary for 2021

Harris Township is a 2nd Class Township located in the Centre Region, about 3 miles east of Penn State University. The Township has been a pollinator community since 2017 and is very interested in continuing to do our part to help pollinators.

Summary for 2021

Settled in a long valley in the coastal mountains of Southern California, Escondido, which means "hidden" in Spanish, lies about 18 miles inland, 100 miles south of Los Angeles, and 30 miles northeast of San Diego. Surrounded by avocado and citrus groves, Escondido is a diverse and vibrant community. Mayor McNamara of Escondido, CA, is committed to preserving the city’s agricultural roots. Local students brought the Monarch Pledge forward as a great way for the Mayor to commit his support for saving our native plants and pollinators.

Summary for 2021

We became a Monarch city in 2019. We have been working with our local Garden Club to encourage the planting of pollinator plants, the culmination of which was the opening of an Arboretum in a local park owned by the Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association.

Summary for 2021

Greenwood is a city in Western Arkansas, with a population close to 10,000. The City is home to a beautiful parks and trails system. Mayor Kinslow of Greenwood, Arkansas is 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 habitats throughout the city.

Summary for 2021

Designed as an escape from bustling city life, Flossmoor is a small town with tree-lined streets, sprawling green spaces and peaceful, tight-knit neighborhoods, just a stone's throw from the city of Chicago and all it offers. Flossmoor, a community of approximately 9,400 residents, is anchored by a quaint downtown with locally owned small businesses. The Flossmoor Green Commission provides information and events for households in Flossmoor to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Among other initiatives, the Green Commission oversees the Flossmoor Seed Library, which encourages residents to share seed from native plants, and is promoting the restoration of monarch butterfly habitat.