South Side Group Offering Free Trees To Chatham Residents In Effort To Curb Flooding

South Side Group Offering Free Trees To Chatham Residents In Effort To Curb Flooding

CHATHAM — Nedra Sims Fears wants to be the Mrs. Johnny Appleseed of the Greater Chatham community.  As executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative, Fears has partnered with local institutions for the past three years to study microclimates and the impact of severe flooding on the South Side neighborhood. What Fears has learned is that trees, particularly their roots and leaves, act as sponges during severe rain events — and the Greater …