Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Program Year

2022

Achievement

2022

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City of St. Augustine

St. Augustine, FL

Tracy Upchurch

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St. Augustine this nation's first enduring settlement.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2022

Communications and Convening ▸

Issue a Proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat.
Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
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 ▸

Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline	2023	3/30/2023		View Pledge
Mayor Tracy Upchurch	2022	4/28/2022	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Tracy Upchurch	2021	4/16/2021	Signatories	View Pledge

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