Community Voices

Fifteen Chattanoogans share their voices and their visions for our city. Help them spark a conversation by reading on.

Our Contributors

1. In this first-of-its-kind Incubator, motivated teachers will expand their reach beyond the classroom by leading a change in their school and the community.

   Teacherpreneur: Supporting Teachers with Big Ideas for Education

   

   Guest Contributor on Education,Entrepreneurship

2. Twenty-seven percent of the city’s residents live below the poverty line, nearly double the national average.

   For the People with Love: Poverty-Free Chattanooga

   

   Guest Contributor on Social Justice

3. He’s the director of the upcoming Harvested Here local food hub, and is working to get locally grown food to more people while providing farmers with an avenue to increase production.

   An Interview with Chattanooga's New Local Food Hub Director

   

   Ruth Kerr on Local Food

4. She wanted to share that the future of dance could look like any body, could move in any way.

   Dancing it Forward: Monica Ellison

   

   Adera Causey on Arts

5. All of this is to say that the environment we have created for ourselves does not reflect the values we profess.

   Toward an Urbanism of the South

   

   Christian Rushing on Urbanist/Design

6. To experience Zowie sing is to be transported back to the era of the Blues Greats – as if the spirit of Etta James has delivered us a great gift.

   When I Think of Home

   

   Adera Causey on Arts

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