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A birthday bash to celebrate a century of James Baldwin. Food for Thought: Stories through words and images. Artists + Entrepreneurs = Opportunities at Periscope CHA. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Periscope is a business development program that connects artists with entrepreneurs in the Chattanooga area. The nonprofit ArtsBuild offered the training for the first cohort of Periscope artists last year - and applications for a new cohort of artists are due by this Friday, August 2nd.

CARTA is the public transit system for the City of Chattanooga, Hamilton County and surrounding areas. A few months ago, Charles Frazier came on board as its new CEO. Last week, he stopped by our studio here at WUTC.

Chattanooga’s newest Sister City is Accra, Ghana - its first on the continent of Africa. Kanika Jones saw the opportunity for a Sister City relationship - and her first steps helped facilitate what is now official.

When baseball was segregated in this country - from after the Civil War until Jackie Robinson after World War II - Negro League Baseball provided the opportunity for Black players to stay in the game. Chattanooga hosted several Negro League teams - and this weekend, the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Bessie Smith Cultural Center will commemorate that legacy.

If you live in Chattanooga and Hamilton County - and if you have a passion for advancing the arts and culture in our community - there’s an opportunity for you to learn, grow, connect and lead. The program is the Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute, run by the nonprofit ArtsBuild - which is taking applications until Friday, June 3rd.

Periscope is a business development program at ArtsBuild that connects artists with entrepreneurs in the Chattanooga area. Now in its third year, applications for a new cohort of artists are due by this Friday, August 1st.

Mouthy Oddities: Life and death, carved into jewelry. At ArtsBuild, opportunities for local artists with disabilities. Veterans on the water: The mission of RangeOars Row. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

For some graduates of public high schools here in Hamilton County, their next steps beyond the classroom are careers in fast-growing industries: lineworking, welding, data analysis and cybersecurity. Viable Pathways to Prosperity is a local effort that connects those graduates with those careers.

(Aired Weds 4/09/25) For first-time entrepreneurs, economic opportunity is key to unlocking economic mobility. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga is one nonprofit that funds opportunities for some of those entrepreneurs to aim for - and achieve - that mobility.