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For thirty years, “Together We Can” has provided scholarships to eligible public high school seniors here in the Chattanooga area - targeting college students who are first-generation or otherwise in need. We bring you a conversation with three Chattanooga natives who have been helped by the program, run by the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga: Wade Hinton; Lenward Lee Brackin, Jr. - known as LB; and Zora McKissic.

CNP Haiti’s Dr. Anany Prosper & Patricia Cyr-Watlington. Joan McClane, Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter. From Chattamatters: homelessness in Chattanooga. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For more than twenty years, the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit based here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote, mountainous area of southern Haiti. But ever since the summer of last year, CNP’s work has been disrupted by shock after shock for the Caribbean nation.

The United Way of Greater Chattanooga is celebrating a century of impact in our community. Joan McClane is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press - and this weekend in the Sunday edition, she will dive into the history of United Way, where the nonprofit stands today and where it is headed.

Homelessness continues to rise here in Chattanooga. Earlier this year, the Chattanooga Regional Homelessness Coalition counted more than a thousand people experiencing homelessness on a given night in Hamilton County. More from Mary Helen Montgomery of Chattamatters, a civic storytelling project at The Enterprise Center.

This month, Sam Gooden - Chattanooga's own and one of the founding members of The Impressions - died at age 87. Last week, I spoke with DJ Griffin - Sam's grandson - in a conversation at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

United Way of Greater Chattanooga is celebrating a century of service - and the celebration kicks into high gear next week. The Impact Days community volunteer event begins on Friday, September 16th - and concludes on Saturday, September 17th with a birthday block party.

Almost time to clear the way for the return of Park(ing) Day in downtown Chattanooga. Next Friday, parking spaces will be reclaimed, reimagined and repurposed as “parklets” for people on Broad Street between 4th Street and Aquarium Way.

Tomorrow night, “The Last Train to Nibroc” arrives at The Mars Theatre in LaFayette, Georgia. The latest play from Back Alley Productions is a tale of love, loss and life in rural Kentucky in the 1940's.

And now, a visit to Proof Bar and Incubator in downtown Chattanooga. Our own Nessa Parrish takes us there.