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Veatrice Conley is the owner of Unveiled Bridal Studio in downtown Chattanooga. She talks about her business - and the support she’s received from the Urban Vision Initiative at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Mike Bradshaw - director of the Urban Vision Initiative here at UTC - is the first entrepreneur-in-residence on our campus, and the interim director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, all part of the Gary W. Rollins College of Business.

The question of “Is there life on other worlds?” is far from just a modern phenomenon. Just ask Dr. Andrew Davison. On Monday, he will give a talk - titled, “Astrobiology and Christian Belief” - on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Veatrice Conley of Unveiled Bridal Studio in Chattanooga. UTC’s Mike Bradshaw and TSBDC’s Lynn Chestnutt on UVI. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Opening tomorrow’s doors in tech for women and girls. Identity meets place in Jenny Sadre-Orafai’s “Dear Outsiders.” Looking for a few new Opportunity Fellows at ArtsBuild. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

On Saturday, the nonprofit ChaTech presents “STEM for Her - Chattanooga’s Summit for Women and Girls in Technology” - on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Vicki Farnsworth is UTC’s vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer - and vice chair of ChaTech’s board.

Jenny Sadre-Orafai is an essayist, poet and author with roots here in Chattanooga. Her new collection of poems - “Dear Outsiders,” published by the University of Akron Press - explores what it means to be local to a place where you don’t belong. On Wednesday at 6:30 PM, she'll give a reading at The Book and Cover in Chattanooga.

Opportunity is knocking at ArtsBuild. The nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County is now taking applications for its summer Opportunity Fellows.

Nicole Heyman, City of Chattanooga’s Chief Housing Officer. A new Black History Festival for Chattanooga’s East Lake. Experimental “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” at Barking Legs. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

What can a Sun Belt city learn from a Rust Belt city about developing vacant spaces? Start small. Scale incrementally. Neighborhoods - and the people in them - first. Those are some of the values that Bernice Radle has applied in Buffalo, New York.