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The Chattanooga Music Census is a citywide initiative - launched a few days ago at ArtsBuild - that seeks input from local music makers and from the community on what this city’s music scene can be, should be in years to come.

Make music happen with the Chattanooga Music Census. Carmen Davis & Brian Smith with the City of Chattanooga. Andrew Schwartz of The Chattanooga Times Free Press. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Carmen Davis just started her new job with the City of Chattanooga as Director of the new Division of Culture, Arts and Creative Economy, under the Department of Parks and Outdoors. I spoke with her - and Brian Smith, who joined Parks and Outdoors over the summer as its new Communications and Marketing Director.

For this episode, we talk about family assistance programs for employees with Kristen Pavlik McCallie, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County - and Jessica Pilcher, Director of United for Working Families at United Way of Greater Chattanooga.

"Travel can be transformational" is the goal of Journeys with Moshe. Based here in Chattanooga, the business provides international guided tours, tourism workshops, study abroad experiences, volunteer vacations and wellness coaching - with a particular emphasis on Southern and Eastern Africa.

Digging into the data of Hamilton Counted with Jennifer Baggett. A Racial Reckoning in Retrospect: a community conversation. The lowdown on a poetry throwdown at Walnut Street Publishing. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Last year, Hamilton County Government launched a monthly dive into data across various indicators known as “Hamilton Counted.” Jennifer Baggett - for years, an analyst with the Chattanooga Police Department - is now the county data analyst who generates the report, now shifting to a quarterly basis after looking back on 2023.

Where should a new Federal courthouse be located in downtown Chattanooga - to replace the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and Courthouse, which opened nearly a century ago? The General Services Administration - the agency which manages Federal properties nationwide - recently narrowed the possible sites to two.

Where are we now? How did we get here? Where do we go from here? Those are a few of the questions for a community conversation this weekend, hosted by the Chattanooga Racial Equity Collective - titled: “A Racial Reckoning in Retrospect.”

At ClearStory Arts on Holtzclaw Ave. here in Chattanooga, nestled with fellow creatives, you’ll find Walnut Street Publishing. The independent book publisher plans to move into its own location later this year. On Saturday, it hosts Poetry Throwdown Night at Redbud - 2314 E. 13th St. - starting at 5 PM.