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(Aired Weds 4/09/25) For first-time entrepreneurs, economic opportunity is key to unlocking economic mobility. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga is one nonprofit that funds opportunities for some of those entrepreneurs to aim for - and achieve - that mobility.

(Aired Weds 4/09/25) Kat Volzer knows a lot about bike safety for kids. As director of programming at White Oak Bicycle Co-Op in Red Bank, she has taught dozens of bike safety programs for thousands of people in the Chattanooga area.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise - or CNE - helps to develop affordable and mixed-income housing in this city. The nonprofit’s new CEO is Chris Thompson. He was hired to succeed Martina Guilfoil, who retired earlier this year.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) Stop by Sculpture Fields at Montague Park here in Chattanooga - and you’ll see hundreds of Chinese lanterns. The Sealight Festival opened at Sculpture Fields in February - and runs through Sunday, April 20th.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) For more than twenty-five years, a nonprofit based here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in southern Haiti.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) Here in Chattanooga, Rhyme ‘N Chatt is a community of poets and spoken word artists that describes itself as - quote - “a poetic family,” hosting open mic sessions free for the public. In time for this National Poetry Month, Rhyme N’ Chatt Day is this weekend in this city.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) Nearly a century ago, a female baseball player from Chattanooga struck out not one - but two - baseball stars of the New York Yankees: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Her name was Jackie Mitchell.

(Aired Tues 4/08/25) The Master Gardeners of Hamilton County educates generations of gardeners here in the Chattanooga area and beyond. This weekend, the nonprofit presents its annual Master Your Garden Expo at Camp Jordan in East Ridge.

(Aired Thu 4/10/25) Poetry is always in season here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. Across the country, it’s National Poetry Month. One poet who has joined us here at WUTC from time to time is KB Ballentine. Her latest collection of poems is titled “All the Way Through.”

(Aired Thu 4/10/25) Walk into the Jewish Cultural Center here in Chattanooga - and you’ll see two exhibits with stars. The Stars of David Project by Jen Lewis symbolizes the millions of Jews who died in the Holocaust during World War II.