Preparing for the Future - A Look at Flood Resilience for Nashville

Dr. Janey Camp, Vanderbilt Engineering Professor

Join us as Dr. Janey Camp, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Vanderbilt, presents information about flooding as it impacts the Nashville community and what we can do to be better prepared and be resilient. We’ll discuss what the term 100-year storm event really means and looks like, how climate changes may affect precipitation trends in our region in the future, local flood mitigation efforts, and related policies. In addition, she’ll present some things you can do yourself to help Nashville be more resilient to flooding moving forward.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 5th–

-Drinks & light hors-d'oeuvres at 6:30 pm
-Program begins at 7:00 pm

WHERE: Germantown Commons – 1327 5th Ave. N, Nashville, TN 37208 (Cohousing community of Nancy Colowick, Doug Luckes, and Mary Hinton)

PLEASE RSVP to Vicki.Metzgar@gmail.com

Co-sponsored by Union of Concerned Scientists, along with Susan Johnston & Vicki Metzgar