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Montague Park is the largest urban park in Chattanooga, home to Sculpture Fields and the Chattanooga Football Club Foundation. An urban design and landscape planning process is now reimagining the park to revitalize the space, including two public meetings on Tuesday for community input.

The Black Lunch Table is an oral history archiving project focused on the lives and works of Black artists in communities across the country. One cofounder: artist Heather Hart, whose installation is on display at Stove Works here in Chattanooga - which will host Black Lunch Table on Friday and Saturday.

Students here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - have produced a podcast series of edited conversations between people of differing views and backgrounds in this area.

Kreneshia Whiteside-McGee on “Y’all Don’t Hear Me.” UTC’s Will Davis on “Tennessee Valley Across the Table.” These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The Black experience in Appalachia is one of the highlights of this year’s Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas - starting on Friday at 6 PM at Stove Works: “Y’All Don’t Hear Me," curated by Kreneshia Whiteside-McGee.

Preserve Chattanooga’s Todd Morgan on people saving places. Celebrating 40 years of music at the upcoming Riverbend. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

The first Riverbend Festival was held in downtown Chattanooga in the summer of 1982. Since Riverbend missed a year during the pandemic, the festival is celebrating 40 years of music this year - starting Friday through Sunday at Ross’ Landing.

Historic places endure because of the people who save and maintain them for future generations. “People Saving Places” is this year’s theme for National Preservation Month across the country. Todd Morgan is executive director of Preserve Chattanooga, the historic preservation nonprofit in this city.

A stone watchtower stands at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The Wilder Brigade Monument - or Wilder Tower - honors the Lightning Bridge, led by John T. Wilder, of the Union Army during the Civil War. Maury Nicely has written a new book on Wilder.

“Forging the South” explores the life of John T. Wilder. Celebraciones - y Oportunidades - en La Fiesta de Vecindario. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”