Greater Chatham Initiative

Thursday evening February 26th, we’re calling our community to locate Greater Chatham residents interested in receiving a free tree planted in their from our back yards as apart of our flood prevention and neighborhood greening initiatives. 🌱

We’re looking for paid volunteers to help us with calling and data entry among other roles. Please head to our link tree in our bio to sign up as a Participant Caller, if you’re interested and have great phone skills. Participants will receive an honorarium of $80 at $20/hour.

We appreciate all of our neighbors who help us reach our goal of planting 400 trees in the community. Learn more about our green initiatives on our website: gci2016.org

Thursday, March 12 at we’re inviting local community partners, business owners, and restaurateurs who can comment on corridor revitalization, small business development, arts/cultural programming, and sustainability—especially those connected to Mahalia’s Mile and surrounding neighborhood efforts.

Presented by Dr. Hyesun Jeong & graduate students from University of Cincinnati, Dr. Terry Clark of University of Chicago, and GCI Executive Director, Nedra Sims Fears.

After students present their proposals for replicable sustainable growth solutions along Greater Chatham’s corridors we’ll open the floor for feedback on feasibility and potential impact. This discussion is aimed at gathering what’s appropriate and valuable for community partners and what may need adjustment.

We’d love to have you join us in this workshop to consider the future of our south side community corridors.

Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP at the link in our bio.