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We begin with one of the voices from the recent TEDxChattanooga. The latest series of talks by community speakers - independently organized under the TED program’s global initiative of “ideas worth spreading” - took place in November at Common House in downtown Chattanooga. Here’s Andrew Meador - on “Birds and Biomimicry.”

Richard Winham shares a session from Maya Trippe recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

For more than a century, Montague Park in Southside Chattanooga has been home to many things: a city landfill, a recreation center and a sculpture garden. Now, an urban design and landscape planning process will reimagine the park, to revitalize the space for this century.

Next Monday is the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Here in Chattanooga, a multi-day celebration of the civil rights leader and his legacy is now under way for its 53rd year. Eric Atkins is co-chair of the Unity Group of Chattanooga.

Robyn Stringfellow of WTCI PBS on learning through the arts. “Traditions on MLK” for Chattanooga’s 10th St. Mural Project. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

From our campus to your screen, the Arts-Based Collaborative here at UTC - abc@utc - works with teaching artists in the Chattanooga area to create educational content for children. One example is “Raise Your Hand” - the flagship program of the EDUCATE channel from our public media partner WTCI PBS.

On 10th Street here in downtown Chattanooga, you’ll find community murals on two sides of the EPB substation fence. Last month, an open call began for local artists to submit their proposals for murals to add to the third side of the fence in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard area.

This past semester here at UTC, our student interns for Scenic Roots - all in the Communication Department - covered a few stories in our community. Aidan Loughran visited Yellow Racket Records here in Chattanooga.

Held this fall, the Chattanooga Hip-Hop Summit is fast becoming a tradition for creatives in this city, as Stephen Thomas - a student intern for Scenic Roots - tells us.

Did you know there’s a Music Row here on our campus at UTC? Joshua Shoop - a student intern for Scenic Roots - checked it out this past semester.