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On Thursday, economist Dr. Art Laffer visits our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, for a talk titled "Taxes Have Consequences: An Income Tax History of the U.S.” Dr. Claudia Kramer is the Scott L. Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics at UTC’s Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

In Spanish, the word “espero” means “hope.” A few weeks ago, ground was broken on E. Main St. for Espero Chattanooga. Years in the making, the supportive housing project when completed will provide units for adults with severe mental illness - run by the nonprofit AIM Center.

Over the summer, the first of five healing gardens opened at the Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation here in Chattanooga. Patients who visit Grady’s Garden are able to embrace nature during their physical therapy sessions.

Does Chattanooga need to kickstart its festival scene with a new outdoor music venue? A recent study released by Chattanooga Tourism Co. - conducted by the consulting firm CSL International - recommends a new outdoor amphitheater with 3,000 seats and standing room for another 3,000.

Last fall, the Little Debbie Hamilton County Fair debuted at McDonald Farm in Sale Creek. This year, the Fair returns to the farm - once again on Veterans Day weekend: Friday, November 8th through Sunday, November 10th. Karen Shostak is deputy director of Hamilton County Parks and Recreation.

Periscope is a business development program at ArtsBuild that connects artists with entrepreneurs in the Chattanooga area. Now in its third year, applications for a new cohort of artists are due by this Friday, August 1st.

Early this year, ArtsBuild - the nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County - announced a comprehensive feasibility study to assess the need for a community performing arts center. Six months in, what have we learned so far?

As the nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, ArtsBuild is now helping artists in three ways beyond the Periscope program. Melissa Astin is with ArtsBuild.

Ken Jones has worked at EPB here in Chattanooga for nearly twenty-five years - and he's no stranger to our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This fall, Ken is suiting up for “Dare to Dance” for the Kidney Foundation of Greater Chattanooga.

If you’ve ever seen free yoga classes at the Chattanooga River Market on the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, the instructors come from across the city. Mellie DeAnna Harris, Loren Clifford and Ashley Snider are three of the practicing yogis who teach the classes.