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The Chattanooga Convention Center opened its doors on Carter Street in 1985, nearly forty years ago - far exceeding its expectations. Now, the city’s tourism industry - which earned record revenues last year - is looking into whether it’s time for a new and larger convention center.

Think of a spinning top. Make it larger-than-life. Wrap it in colorful fabric with traditional Mexican designs. Climb into the top for a ride - or make it spin from the outside. Eight of these tops, in various shapes and colors - known as Los Trompos - are the heart of this year’s Rock the Riverfront, starting Friday in Chattanooga.

Jill Steenhuis is a native of our Southeast who made her home in the southeast of France. She is an artist who paints landscapes in the region where she has lived for more than four decades: Provence. Next week, artwork by Jill and her son Sergio will be on display at the Mountain City Club here in Chattanooga.

On the edge of our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - you’ll find The Hope House. Our own Richard Winham tells us more.

Marsha Mills of Rhyme N Chatt will be one of the poets at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga on Thursday evening for “Vision + Verse: Delaney and Baldwin” - a poetic exploration of the friendship between Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin.

Saturday is National Medal of Honor Day. That morning, at 11 AM, the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center here in downtown Chattanooga will hold its quarterly Bricks of Valor ceremony.

On Saturday, here in Chattanooga, writer and visual artist Gabrielle Bates appears at two events hosted by the Meacham Writers’ Workshop, a biannual series of events for writers supported in part by our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Valoria Armstrong on inclusion and diversity at Unum. Cempa Community Care’s Miles Huff on Strides of March. By design: The Healing Gardens at Siskin Hospital. “Howard Finster Before He Painted” At Paradise Garden. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Unum - an insurance giant and a Fortune 500 company - marks its 175th anniversary this year. One of its newest employees: Valoria Armstrong, who joined Unum as its chief global inclusion and diversity officer.

Strides of March - nearly 30 years old - supports the work of Cempa Community Care here in Chattanooga. This year’s fundraiser and awareness walk is on Saturday from Noon to 2 PM at Renaissance Park.