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This episode of Tennessee Valley Across the Table by James Ortiz features a conversation between Alejandro Guimoye and Giselle Palmer.

Doing the work of inclusion - and measuring it - in Chattanooga. Jazz & uptown soul for the Velvet Chair Experience at the Bessie. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

There’s a saying: “If you can measure it, you can manage it.” The Community Culture Index is a data-driven effort to measure how well employers in Chattanooga are building diverse and inclusive workspaces, from the people they hire to the practices they follow.

At the end of this month, a new concert series - the Velvet Chair Experience - rekindles the music scene of when Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. was Ninth St. - the Big 9 - in downtown Chattanooga. The first concert - featuring jazz and uptown soul from vocalist Karen Collins - is on Sunday, May 28th starting at 7 PM at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

BetterFi’s relief from payday loans in rural Tennessee. This year’s Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Starting on June 1st through June 19th, the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas: Juneteenth Independence Day returns for a sixth year - to celebrate the contributions by artists of African descent in music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film and literature.

Richard Winham shares a session from Joe Ridolfo & Fred Taylor, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

On this edition of “Scenic Roots,” a few voices from the recent CO.MOBILITY Summit at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: investor and AOL cofounder Steve Case, in conversation with Craig Fuller of FreightWaves - and Tasia Malakasis of The Company Lab with Lauren Usher of gener8tor on the CO.LAB Sustainable Mobility Accelerator.

Grundy County - an hour northwest of Chattanooga - has one of the highest percentages of payday loans in the State of Tennessee. BetterFi is a local nonprofit in that county - based in the town of Coalmont - that aims to “end predatory lending one loan at a time” by refinancing those loans and educating people about debt, saving them money and improving their credit.

A chance for community voices to reimagine Montague Park. How the Black Lunch Table will fill in the gaps at Stove Works. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”