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One of the little known branches of our city government is the Office of Multicultural Affairs. James McKissic has been the Director of the office for nearly four years and in that time the departme…

Hal Bowling is a co-founder of LAUNCH, an organization created to help bridge the gap between the entrepreneurial eco-system of our city and those who have been traditional left out of the story. St…

Fred Fletcher was given a task when he was sworn in as the Chief of Police of the Chattanooga Police Department in 2004: create a culture of community policing and incorporate best practices in order…

This is the second half of our conversation about Causeway with Executive Director Abby Garrison. In the first half we discussed the vision and history of Causeway and in this episode we get into th…

Causeway is one of the most progressive and interesting non-profits in Chattanooga. Started by a group of entrepreneurs, Causeway has always valued supporting people willing to solve the problems an…

Did you know we have a National Park right here in our city? Right here in the middle of Chattanooga? If you live or work downtown my guess is that you will see it or pass by it today. And yet, wh…

This episode is part two of our StartUp Week Chattanooga preview focusing on the Co.Starter's Summit. Co.Starters is an organization that exists to help you get your idea off the ground and guide p…

Fall is one of the busiest seasons in Chattanooga with incredible events like Ironman, 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival, RiverRox, & a week long celebration of entrepreneurship, innovation, and ideas: St…

Glass Street LIVE is a community wide block party on Glass Street on Saturday, September 24th presented by the residents of East Chattanooga and organized by our good friends at Glass House Collectiv…

This past summer the Chattanooga City Council passed a document that will literally shape our city's future, the new Form Based Code. Breaking away from a coding system that was created in the 1950s…

TechTown is a new non-profit technology center located right here in Chattanooga. Cordell Carter is the CEO & Executive Director of TechTown. In this episode Cordell shares the vision behind this n…

This is the second half of our conversation about the future of Miller Park, Miller Plaza, & Patten Parkway. In our first episode we talked about the vision for these downtown spaces and the process…

The future of Chattanooga's city center will look very different. By 2018 the number of people residing in our downtown will have doubled and the public spaces that we take for granted will be compl…

Teacherpreneur is a program to empower teachers to solve the biggest challenges they face in their classrooms and schools. Modeled after Co.Lab's 48 Hour Launch event, Teacherpreneur helps teachers …

How do we bring life back into the forgotten spaces of our urban landscape?
In this episode we sit down with River City Company's Amy Donahue to learn more about River City Company and preview their …

In this episode Joda and I dive into the heart of their policy recommendations for education finance in Hamilton County. The conversation primarily revolves around Student-Based Budgeting, an approa…

Metro Ideas Project is a new public policy think tank focused on mid-sized cities created here in Chattanooga. In this episode we talk about the new think tank and the vision to explore the contextu…

Ask Christian Rushing how he is doing and I can promise you he will say "Living the dream!".

Seventeen months ago Christian was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Despite that, Christian is one o…

What do our public spaces say about us? How does the design of the places we inhabit shape our imaginations and lived experiences?

Christian Rushing has a background in architecture but ultimately f…

Jared Bigham is the coordinator of Chattanooga 2.0, a new county wide effort to examine our education and career readiness pipeline. As Jared describes, Chattanooga 2.0 is a cradle-to-career initiat…