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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.”

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.”