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Ken Chance of Appalachian Foothills Fruits & Nuts in Etowah. Chattamatters on passenger rail. EPB’s Holiday Windows. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

As dry as it has been here recently in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley, native plants bearing fruits and nuts in this corner of Appalachia have managed to survive - and even thrive - for generations. Just ask Ken Chance of Appalachian Foothills Fruits and Nuts.

Chattanooga is one of four cities - along with Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta - which together applied for Federal funds to study the feasibility of bringing passenger rail back to this part of the Southeast.

The time is here for this year’s EPB Holiday Windows in downtown Chattanooga. At 5 PM on this day before Thanksgiving, the festive displays will be unveiled in the windows on the Broad and Market Street sides of the EPB headquarters building - along with something new.

The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts in Chattanooga. “Strega Nona” - and “Scrooge!” - for the holidays at CTC. Chattanooga Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” and “Land of Sweets.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Step inside a Victorian home in downtown Chattanooga - and the art is all around you: glass, furniture, antiques. The Houston Museum of Decorative Arts in the Bluff View Art District showcases the collection acquired over decades in the last century by one woman: Anna Safley Houston.

The centennial season at Chattanooga Theatre Centre offers two shows for the holiday season. “Strega Nona” - directed by Scott Dunlap - premieres this Friday, December 1st. “Scrooge! A Magical Holiday Musical” - directed by Mark Krawczyk - opens the following Friday, December 8th.

For the holiday season, Chattanooga Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” at Memorial Auditorium - on Friday, December 8th through Sunday, December 10th. This weekend, the Ballet debuts something new: “Land of Sweets” at the Read House, this Sunday starting at 2 PM.

The “Save the Bend” campaign at National Park Partners. At UTC, here come the student storytellers of Rising Rock. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Twenty years ago, Federal legislation created the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, adding the Bend to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Now, National Park Partners has launched a "Save the Bend" campaign - after the Tennessee State Building Commission authorized construction of a new mental health institute on the Bend.