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Keys to sustainable mobility at this year’s CO.MOBILITY Summit. Sherry Cothran on an evening For Beloved Woman at Barking Legs. Juneteenth at the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts and Ideas. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

From electric vehicles to quantum, the way we move people, goods, energy and data is changing. The CO.MOBILITY Summit - launched last year here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - showcases what is known as “sustainable mobility.”

Beloved Woman is a nonprofit here in Chattanooga that helps women carve their own paths as entrepreneurs who can earn a living wage. It was founded by Sherry Cothran - songwriter, musician and Methodist minister.

Nicholas Edward Williams, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller, is one of the local musicians who performed at this spring's TEDxChattanooga "Sessions" at Barking Legs Theater. The theme: “Carry On” - the theme for all of TEDxChattanooga’s events this year.

One of the largest murals in this country is in downtown Chattanooga. Artist Meg Saligman painted the piece “We Will Not Be Satisfied Until” on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in 2015. The story from Ian-Alijah Bey of Chattamatters.

Activation summer for Hamilton County Parks and Recreation. This September: The Levitt BLOC Chattanooga Music Series. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

If you now visit Chester Frost Park on the banks of Chickamauga Lake, you’ll find waterfront yurts for rent - and a fishing pier named for George Wright. Matt Folz is director of Hamilton County Parks and Recreation.

Starting this weekend - and on each Sunday this September - a free, family-friendly outdoor concert series will bring the music to neighborhoods across Chattanooga: The Levitt BLOC Chattanooga Music Series - BLOC stands for “Building Layers of Community."

As a writer, Minrose Gwin started her career as a print reporter here in the Southeast - and she’s no stranger to East Tennessee. Her latest novel is "Beautiful Dreamers," published by Hub City Press.

For this episode, we talk about social connectedness with Jessica Pilcher, director of United for Working Families at United Way of Greater Chattanooga; Ben Staples, vice president of people and culture at CBL - and Stacey Keating, vice president of corporate communications at CBL.