On Thursday afternoon, live here on WUTC, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly joined us for our monthly conversation. Among the topics: groundbreaking at the Bend; the community benefits agreement for the South Broad District; the vote at Volkswagen; pedestrian safety; what’s next for Moccasin Bend - and more.

The cities and towns of Hamilton County vary in their local government, including how they choose their mayors and how much power they give them - as William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us.

At ClearStory Arts on Holtzclaw Ave. here in Chattanooga, nestled with fellow creatives, you’ll find Walnut Street Publishing. The independent book publisher plans to move into its own location later this year. On Saturday, it hosts Poetry Throwdown Night at Redbud - 2314 E. 13th St. - starting at 5 PM.

Where are we now? How did we get here? Where do we go from here? Those are a few of the questions for a community conversation this weekend, hosted by the Chattanooga Racial Equity Collective - titled: “A Racial Reckoning in Retrospect.”

Where should a new Federal courthouse be located in downtown Chattanooga - to replace the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and Courthouse, which opened nearly a century ago? The General Services Administration - the agency which manages Federal properties nationwide - recently narrowed the possible sites to two.

Last year, Hamilton County Government launched a monthly dive into data across various indicators known as “Hamilton Counted.” Jennifer Baggett - for years, an analyst with the Chattanooga Police Department - is now the county data analyst who generates the report, now shifting to a quarterly basis after looking back on 2023.

Digging into the data of Hamilton Counted with Jennifer Baggett. A Racial Reckoning in Retrospect: a community conversation. The lowdown on a poetry throwdown at Walnut Street Publishing. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

"Travel can be transformational" is the goal of Journeys with Moshe. Based here in Chattanooga, the business provides international guided tours, tourism workshops, study abroad experiences, volunteer vacations and wellness coaching - with a particular emphasis on Southern and Eastern Africa.

For this episode, we talk about family assistance programs for employees with Kristen Pavlik McCallie, Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County - and Jessica Pilcher, Director of United for Working Families at United Way of Greater Chattanooga.

The Sequoya Review is the literary journal published by students here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. On Friday, a launch party for this year’s issue will be held in the Guerry Center.