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What are barriers to entrepreneurship in a city such as Chattanooga? What are ways to overcome those barriers to support local small businesses, provide access to capital - including for people of color - and extend economic mobility to underserved communities?

The next chapter at a Chattanooga hub to fight homelessness. For Be The Change, curbing food insecurity goes to school. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Here in Southeast Tennessee, the Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition applies for Federal funds for agencies in this area that are working to end homelessness. Mackenzie Kelly - who led the Coalition on an interim basis since last summer - was recently named its new executive director.

Known for its “Concerts for a Cause” series, the nonprofit Be the Change Youth Initiative is tackling food insecurity in the Chattanooga area. On Wednesday, it hosts a show at The Meeting House in Red Bank to kick off a new effort for the upcoming school year here in Hamilton County.

In 2018, Ella Livingston - a first-time entrepreneur - founded Cocoa Asante, a luxury chocolate brand with a home base here in Chattanooga. She is the next guest on "The A List with Alison Lebovitz," this Thursday night at 8:30 PM on our public media partner WTCI PBS.

A view from Washington on the SMART grant in Chattanooga. At Stove Works, a chance for artists to deepen their portfolios. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Thanks to a Federal grant, a connected mobility project here in Chattanooga is planning and prototyping the use of smart technologies in two downtown corridors as a way to enhance safety and efficiency. Stan Caldwell is director of the SMART Grants program at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Since 2017, Stove Works has provided a venue for contemporary art - from education to production to exhibition - here in Chattanooga, including a workshop by a visiting artist this Saturday starting at 1 PM.

A vision for future redevelopment of Chattanooga’s Hawk Hill. How stories shape Chattanooga’s National Park City quest. Sipping summer on the bridge at this year’s Wine Over Water. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

River City Company - the economic development nonprofit for downtown Chattanooga - just released “A Vision for Hawk Hill,” a guide for the redevelopment of the site crafted by urban planning, community input and an analysis of the downtown real estate market.