By Sonya T. Gordon
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
At a tree planting ceremony at the Silverleaf neighborhood Monday, officials and former residents gathered to mark a more positive future for the flood-prone area.
The former residents and several government officials used gold-painted shovels to till the land and plant the last six trees to mark the completion of a project to return the area to a natural wetland. All in all, about 3,000 native state trees were planted along East Silverleaf Street in Gonzales.