Forever Moccasin Bend: Sally Robinson and Tricia Mims. Talking Writing: Chattanooga author CS Devereaux. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

In the past few weeks, we have shared a few conversations about the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District here in Chattanooga. For nearly four decades, Sally Robinson has played a key role in revitalizing the downtown and riverfront development, including three terms on the Chattanooga City Council and the long road to Moccasin Bend as it is today.

How should the Chattanooga of tomorrow open the door for talented young people of color to succeed here - and stay here - after college? The young Black men and women of the Styles L. Hutchins Fellowship Program will tell you.

Richard Winham shares a virtual performance by The Alan Wyatt Quartet from Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.

Loretta Lynn-Bell is a Marine Corps veteran who was diagnosed many years ago with post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Styles L. Hutchins Fellowship and Chattanooga’s future. Loretta Lynn Leda on teaching yoga to fellow female vets. From Barking Legs Theater: The Alan Wyatt Quartet. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Richard Winham shares the second part of a virtual performance by bluegrass group Cane Mill Road for the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC.

This year, “The Nutcracker” here in Chattanooga has been filmed at locations iconic to this city. Chattanooga Ballet has partnered with WTCI-TV to broadcast the holiday classic starting on Saturday through Christmas Day.

For more than fifty years, the Forgotten Child Fund has given Christmas gifts to children in need here in the Chattanooga area. This season, the nonprofit is also looking for a new home.

Dr. Keilan Rickard is director of the Counseling Center on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Born and raised here in East Tennessee, he joined UTC over the summer - in time for the first full semester this fall for students during the pandemic.