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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.

(Aired Weds 5/21/25) In Dalton, Creative Arts Guild is stepping up opportunities for writers and publishers in Northwest Georgia. Dana Shavin is the new program coordinator for literary arts at the Guild.

Annie LaVoie is one of nine local artists to receive a recent grant from ArtsBuild, which supports the arts in Chattanooga and Hamilton County. The latest round of grants is for artists living with disabilities to activate a new project.

(Aired Weds 1/08/25) The stories we live shape the stories we tell. Kim Jackson believes - quote - “we are all born storytellers - and we each have the amazing opportunity to share our story and be a part of countless others’ stories.”

An urban trail project is taking shape in South Chattanooga that will link the Alton Park neighborhood with the city’s system of trails. When completed, the Alton Park Connector will stretch more than two-and-a-half miles from the Riverwalk to Clifton Hills Elementary School.

Hear stories of Chattanooga elders in the play “Unmasking.” Slices of Wayne White’s funhouse of Chattanooga history. New opportunities and honors for artists from ArtsBuild. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”