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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is one of six sites across the country selected to participate in "One Small Step" - an initiative from StoryCorps - through the PodLab, UTC's podcasting studio, in collaboration with WUTC and community partners in this city and the Tennessee Valley.

Perhaps the most iconic building - along with its sign - in this city, the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex has evolved over time from a gateway to the world to a hotel and entertainment center. In our latest conversation in collaboration with Preserve Chattanooga, we look back - as we prepare all aboard for the future.

Have you seen the new pink billboards around Chattanooga? The provocative messages on them are as bold as the color. The billboards - which will be up for eight weeks - are part of a new public awareness campaign against antisemitism, just launched by the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga.

For the problem of homelessness here in Chattanooga, there is no one quick fix - but there are targeted efforts to help break the cycle. One of those efforts is Connect for Good, a holiday giving campaign to benefit a homeless-to-housing initiative known as the Flexible Housing Fund.

Charting the future by design for Chattanooga’s Montague Park. Integrating the arts into early learning at Battle Academy. At Inventanooga, real world problems meet student solutions. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Inventanooga is an annual showcase for students to pitch an invention and business plan that addresses a real world problem. The most recent competition was held last month, presented by STEM School Chattanooga and the Gary W. Rollins College of Business here at UTC.

Integrating the arts into early learning involves a collaborative choreography among educators. Kelly Shimel is the fine arts coordinator for Hamilton County Schools - and Jesse Goins is the principal of Battle Academy, the magnet school in Southside Chattanooga.

The area boom in freestanding emergency departments. “Waters Rising,” a mini-opera from inside prison walls. A celebration on the way to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

TEDxChattanooga: Andrew Meador on Birds and Biomimicry. This year’s Lookout Wild Film Festival at the Walker Theatre. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

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.”