Community Profile

Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Monday, February 6, 2023

Program Year

2023

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City of Columbus

Columbus, OH

Andrew J. Ginther

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Columbus is a city in central Ohio with a population of roughly 906,528. The city has a strong commitment to sustainability and has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2050. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has committed to saving the monarch butterfly by signing the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and engaging residents in creating more pollinator habitat throughout the city. The main arms of this initiative are the Columbus GreenSpot program and programs within the Recreation and Parks Department along with dozens of community partnerships.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2023

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.
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 ▸

Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitats for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar producing plants in community gardens.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther	2023	2/6/2023		View Pledge
Mr. Andrew Ginther	2022	12/23/2021	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther	2021	2/4/2021	Signatories	View Pledge

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