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Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Wade Hinton.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Wade's campaign: https://wadehinton.com/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/Looking for more discussion about local Chattanooga elections?  Check out the Chattanooga Civics podcast: http://bit.ly/3aNmH4L

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Andrew McLaren.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Andrew's campaign: https://www.mclarenformayor.com/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/Looking for more discussion about local Chattanooga elections?  Check out the Chattanooga Civics podcast: http://bit.ly/3aNmH4L

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Russell Gilbert.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Councilman Gilbert's campaign: https://www.voterussellgilbert.com/homeHamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/Looking for more discussion about local Chattanooga elections?  Check out the Chattanooga Civics podcast: http://bit.ly/3aNmH4L

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Dr. Elenora Woods.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Dr. Woods' campaign: https://www.docwoods.org/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/In the episode, we discuss training for our local police force. At The Camp House we have hosted several events with the CPD Cadet Program that focuses on immersing cadets in the minority communities of Chattanooga. Chokeholds are also mentioned in this episode and, just to clarify, CPD officers are not trained to use nor allowed to use chokeholds or neck restraints. To learn more, please check out this episode we did with Chief Roddy: https://thecamphouse.simplecast.com/episodes/95cb41dbLooking for more discussion about local Chattanooga elections?  Check out the Chattanooga Civics podcast: http://bit.ly/3aNmH4L

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Chris Dahl.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Chris Dahl's campaign: http://electchrisdahl.comHamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/In the episode, we discuss how our oldest neighborhoods are often our strongest tax base.  For more on strong neighborhoods and tax base please watch this presentation from Strong Towns founder Chuck Marohn presented by the Chattanooga Design Studio at The Camp House in 2018:  https://bit.ly/3aJVFeDLooking for more discussion about local Chattanooga elections?  Check out the Chattanooga Civics podcast: http://bit.ly/3aNmH4L

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Erskine Oglesby (currently serving as City Councilman for District 7).Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Erskine's campaign: https://erskineoglesby.com/election/In the episode we discussed the Area Plans currently being created for different parts of our city & county.  Learn more here: https://chcrpa.org/planning-projects/land-use-plans/area-plans/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Chris Long.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Chris's campaign: https://www.chrislongformayor.com/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Kim White.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Kim's campaign: https://www.kimwhiteformayor.com/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Tim Kelly.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Tim's campaign: https://www.kellyforcha.com/A couple other resources we discussed in the podcast:The New Localism The New Geography of JobsCommon Purpose PodcastHamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Our special election series features interviews with the many men and women seeking your vote to be Chattanooga's next Mayor.  Today's episode features a conversation with candidate Monty Bruell.Early voting begins February 10, 2021 and election day is Tuesday, March 2nd.  In 2017, only 19% of Chattanooga voters turned out to select our city's leader... Our hope is that this year will be different and that through these interviews you will be more engaged and informed to make Chattanooga a better community for everyone.Learn more about Monty's campaign: https://montybruell.com/Hamilton County Election Commission: https://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Our annual re-release of one of our favorite interviews with Christian Rushing who passed away two years ago on February 1, 2017. Christian is a radiant person whose joy is infectious and whose wisdom should not be forgotten.Original episode description: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 of the most radiant people you will ever have the pleasure to meet. And so far Christian has defied the odds. The doctors gave him a year to live and up to this point Christian has pushed the limits and is a statistical outlier.This conversation gets deeply personal. It is a conversation about life, death, prayer, and family.Thank you again to Christian for sitting down for this conversation, it is one that I will be forever grateful for and will always remember.Learn more about Christian's story and follow his journey on his blog: http://christianrushing.blogspot.com/

It has been a long time since we have published an episode of the Podcast.  But with the turning of the calendar it is time for a new season for The Camp House and the podcast.  This spring The Camp House will reopen in our new location. We can't wait to be able to share with you all that we have planned for Camp House 3.0! Beginning next week we will release interviews with many of the men & women running for Mayor of Chattanooga, right here on the podcast. Remember that our local elections are held on March 2nd and early voting begins February 10th!

The only way to understand this moment is to understand 400 years of systemic injustice.  Today's podcast aspires to that goal but is simply the tip of the iceberg.   This episode is based on a post Matt Busby created and is largely an audio version of that post on Facebook, cataloguing the thesis of Ibram X. Kendi's book "Stamped From The Beginning" that every moment of racial progress in the United States is met but an equal racist backlash that limits or abolishes that progress.   Systemic racism is not about the hatred of one individual toward another but the ways in which our very systems reinforce racist outcomes, divisions, and ideas.Link to the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/mattb25/posts/10222389687080436An Anti-Racist Resource Guide that Camp House podcast alum Teal Thibaud shared on FB: https://bit.ly/3gJItIVVideo seminar featuring Ibram X. Kendi and centered on his book I reference in the episode, "Stamped From The Beginning": https://bit.ly/2ACpNKv

Our annual re-release of one of our favorite interviews with Christian Rushing who passed away two years ago on February 1, 2017. Christian is a radiant person whose joy is infectious and whose wisdom should not be forgotten.Original episode description: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 of the most radiant people you will ever have the pleasure to meet. And so far Christian has defied the odds. The doctors gave him a year to live and up to this point Christian has pushed the limits and is a statistical outlier.This conversation gets deeply personal. It is a conversation about life, death, prayer, and family.Thank you again to Christian for sitting down for this conversation, it is one that I will be forever grateful for and will always remember.Learn more about Christian's story and follow his journey on his blog: http://christianrushing.blogspot.com/

Over the past few years hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in Chattanooga. But how do we ensure that money is actually benefitting our neighbors, employing our local construction workers, improving our community, and not simply contributing to unjust outcomes in the years to come? Community Benefit Agreements, or CBAs, are one tool that communities are utilizing to make sure development has large scale community improvement outcomes. To walk us through CBAs and how they can improve life in Chattanooga I have two guests, Austing Sauerbrei of the Chattanooga Area Labor Council and Sean Paul Kimball of the local Iron Workers Union. Like our previous discussion on Area Plans, CBAs are another tool for our community to build a more sustainable and resilient future. But like Area Plans, CBAs require our engagement in order to improve our community, they require you to get involved. Hopefully this conversation will inspire just that. Referenced in this episode: Times Free Press Article from March on CBAs in East Chattanooga - http://bit.ly/2kuk9Cw Current CBAs around the country, including Nashville's MLS Soccer Stadium - http://bit.ly/2k1Yb9P A Guide for CBAs - http://bit.ly/2lzK2kG

How do we begin to shape the future of our communities? Roads, zoning, growth, natural resources... There are so many issues that must be taken into account as we begin to plan for the future of our community. So many in fact it can feel overwhelming and make people feel that they don't have a voice in the future of the place they love. That is where the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency (RPA) hopes to help. The RPA is currently creating Area Plans for every section of our county. Area Plans guide how, when, and where new growth, redevelopment and preservation should occur in a particular area. By leveraging community engagement and asset assessments, each Area Plan is tailored to the values and needs of the different parts of our county. In the episode we discuss the need and importance of these Area Plans and the process by which the RPA engages the community to give residents voice in the future of their beloved neighborhoods. Referenced in this episode: C-HCRPA Website - https://chcrpa.org/ C-HCRPA Comprehensive Plan - https://chcrpa.org/index.php/planning-projects/comprehensive-plan/ Area Plans - https://chcrpa.org/index.php/planning-projects/land-use-plans/area-plans/ Area 3 Plan - https://chcrpa.org/index.php/project/area-3-plan/ Area 12 Plan - https://chcrpa.org/index.php/project/area-12-plan/

What is "affordable" housing? How do we calculate what is affordable for the average family or household in Chattanooga? Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise is an organization committed to creating economically diverse neighborhoods filled with financially empowered neighbors and house for all. This past spring CNE released their Housing At A Glance report to give a snapshot of the state of housing in Chattanooga. The report digs into numbers and definitions to help us understand many of the questions and terms associated with the housing challenges that our community is facing. Referenced in this episode: Housing At A Glance Report Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise Website

To begin our series exploring housing & development in Chattanooga we wanted to lay a foundation defining what good development looks like. Anytime we are discussing development we are really talking about growth. So is all growth a good thing for our city? How can we steward the growth of our city to be a place that is sustainable and resilient over time? Join us as we begin this conversation exploring such an a critical topic impacting our community. Featuring Eric Myers of the Chattanooga Design Studio, Jim Johnson of Chattanoogans for Responsible Development, and Justin Tirsun, a city planner who has worked in both the public and private sector. Referenced in this episode: Chattanooga Design Studio - https://www.chattanoogastudio.com/ Chattanoogans for Responsible Development - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1885179471492466/ Strong Towns - https://www.strongtowns.org/ Strong Towns Podcast - "Thoughts on Incremental Development" - http://bit.ly/32gZsez

The Camp House Podcast is back with a new sound and new focus! This summer we are switching to a season based format with a focused theme. Our theme for Season 4 is Housing & Development in Chattanooga. Drive down any street and you are sure to see it: new apartment buildings, renovated warehouses (working on ours now!), and new homes. Our city is changing, fast. Season 4 will focus on the development of Chattanooga and introduce you to many of the organizations who are working on these issues. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the pace of change. Our hope is that each of these episodes will help inform you on how our city is growing and even be able to equip you to take part in this important conversation.

In today's special episode, Dr. Bryan Johnson joins us to discuss the requested budget increase for the 2019-2020 Hamilton County Department of Education budget. This is not a conversation on whether or not we should increase the budget or how we should raise that money, but walking item by item through the request to understand how these additional funds will benefit our students, teachers, and schools. This is a critical conversation for our community and one we must understand in order to better prepare our children and community for the future. The budget request falls in to five broad categories: Accelerating Student Achievement, Engaged Community, Efficient & Effective Operations, Great Teachers & Leaders, Future Ready Students. Each category has specific areas that will direct the new funding to help with everything from increasing the number of counselors and social workers to providing elementary art teachers in every school and reading specialists to help our children read at grade level by 3rd grade. Referenced in this episode: HCDE 2019/2020 Budget Proposal - http://bit.ly/2KqwGl9 Budget Highlights (slides 51-55) - http://bit.ly/2Kojltt

My guest, Michael Gilliland, is the chair of Chattanooga Organized for Action (COA), one of the founding members of CALEB - Chattanooga in Action for Love, Equality, and Benevolence. CALEB seeks to bring various organizations in Chattanooga, including the faith community, together to address issues affecting our community. Their first initiative is creating a Community Bail Fund, an alternative to the tradition cash bail system. In the episode Michael discusses the inadequacies and inequality inherent in a money bail system and the long term debt cycle that keeps our community members trapped in poverty, whether they are guilty of their crimes or not. The Community Bail Fund helps give an opportunity to those in our communities who would otherwise have very few options. This is an unjust system affecting many of our neighbors and a system that contributes to generational poverty in our community in much the same way that predatory lending keeps people trapped in cycles of debt and poverty. Referenced in this episode: CALEB Website - https://www.calebcha.org/bailfund.html CALEB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/CALEBChatt/ NY Times Magazine - https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/magazine/the-bail-trap.html

A special episode re-broadcasting HCDE Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson's State of the System address originally delivered on February 7, 2019. Dr. Johnson's speech lays out a vision of our public school system growing into the future, highlighting a five year plan approved and adopted by the Hamilton County School Board. The goals of the five year plan are attainable, measurable, and, most importantly, address the needs and challenges of our children and our educational system. The episode is only Dr. Johnson's speech. To see the entire event, including student performances, an address from Mayor Coppinger, and slides associated with the speech, please watch the full YouTube video: https://youtu.be/84qVYJMbdmg

A re-release of our most listened to episode, a conversation introducing you to Hamilton County Department of Education Superintendent Dr. Bryan Johnson. Original Episode Description: Dr. Bryan Johnson is the new Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools. In this episode we discuss the challenges and opportunities of one of our most critical public institutions and by the end of the conversation it is clear that Dr. Johnson is a leader ready to go to work for the teachers, families, and children of Hamilton County.

Our third re-release episode features another conversation with Christian Rushing, this one on urban design. The episode is a good introduction the history of urban design in contemporary Chattanooga. But more importantly Christian discusses how the shape of our city is a reflection of our own values as a community. Original Episode Description: 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 fell in love with urban planning, the process of designing cities and public spaces for the common good. At one time Christian was part of the Downtown Planning & Design Studio and is now the Executive Director of the Chattanooga Design Studio. Referenced in the podcast: http://www.chattanoogastudio.com/ http://www.christianrushing.com/ http://christianrushing.blogspot.com/ Chattanooga Downtown Plan - http://bit.ly/2b1YV8B City Center Plan - http://bit.ly/2aHzCWS Madison St. Development - http://bit.ly/2b9w2cd

Our annual re-release of one of our favorite interviews with Christian Rushing who passed away two years ago on February 1, 2017. Christian is a radiant person whose joy is infectious and whose wisdom should not be forgotten. Original episode description: 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 of the most radiant people you will ever have the pleasure to meet. And so far Christian has defied the odds. The doctors gave him a year to live and up to this point Christian has pushed the limits and is a statistical outlier. This conversation gets deeply personal. It is a conversation about life, death, prayer, and family. Thank you again to Christian for sitting down for this conversation, it is one that I will be forever grateful for and will always remember. Learn more about Christian's story and follow his journey on his blog: http://christianrushing.blogspot.com/

We are taking some time to re-release some older episodes that are still relevant today and we begin with our discussion with Karen Hundt on downtown Chattanooga's Form Based Code. /////////////////////// In the summer of 2016 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 to support the development of suburbs, the new Form Based Code is the result of community vision for more than a decade. In the Downtown Plan of 2005 and the City Center Plan of 2013 we dreamed about the future of our city. Now we have the code in place to make it a reality. Karen Hundt of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency joins us to talk about the process, vision, and details of this new coding system. Referenced in this episode: Downtown Chattanooga Form Based Code (the actual, massive document) - http://bit.ly/2d3CKNd CHA-FBC Website - http://bit.ly/2dcf0qC Placemakers - this link is the one Karen mentions where you can find other cities who have adopted similar Form Based Codes - http://bit.ly/2cz86L6 Regional Planning Agency - http://bit.ly/2cEaTYW 2013 City Center Plan - http://bit.ly/2bSvVj3 2005 Downtown Plan - http://bit.ly/2ckZNGQ

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Mark McKnight is the Executive Director of Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center. In this second half of our conversation we discuss the fight to save the endangered Red Wolf and the future of Reflection Riding's innovative efforts to promote conservation and ecology in Chattanooga. Referenced In This Episode: Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center website - https://reflectionriding.org/www Yellowstone Documentary on the Re-introduction of the Grey Wolf - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/wolves-yellowstone/ iNaturalist App - https://www.inaturalist.org/ Roots Rated - https://rootsrated.com/ Mark's Opinion Piece in the Times Free Press - http://bit.ly/2P0pRKG

Mark McKnight is the Executive Director of Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center. In this first half of our conversation we discuss Mark's transition from leading one of Chattanooga's most exciting startups to leading one of our community's oldest nature conservatories as well as the creation and history of Reflection Riding. Referenced in this episode: Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center website - https://reflectionriding.org/www Roots Rated - https://rootsrated.com/ Mark's Opinion Piece in the Times Free Press - http://bit.ly/2P0pRKG

Troy Rogers is the Public Safety Coordinator for the city of Chattanooga. Troy strives everyday to help those in our city struggling to get out of a cycle of violence and poverty, all of whom are victims in one way or another. In our conversation we discuss the challenges facing many of the young people growing up in Chattanooga and their "hidden tears", the years of bottled up emotional pain, anger, and disappointment. Ultimately Troy gives these men hope by walking alongside them and opening up doors to new opportunities.

Two years ago we launched the podcast with an episode introducing you to Chattanooga 2.0. Now we circle back with Chatt 2.0's Jared Bigham to learn how we have progressed in making Chattanooga the smartest community in the south! In the course of our conversation we explore 2.0's work focused on early childhood, K-12, and post-secondary education. Referenced in this episode: "Closing the opportunity gap is top priority for Chattanooga 2.0" Times Free Press Opinion Article by Jared Bigham - http://bit.ly/2wNKL4F The Chattanooga Basics -https://www.chattanoogabasics.org/ Chattanooga 2.0 Website - https://chatt2.org/

2018 Local Election Series featuring District 8 Hamilton County School Board candidate Tucker McClendon. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Times Free Press 2018 Election Guide: https://www.timesfreepress.com/voterguide/2018/ Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Tucker McClendon's Website: http://tuckermcclendon.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring District 9 Hamilton County School Board candidate D'Andre Anderson. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Times Free Press Election Guide - https://www.timesfreepress.com/voterguide/2018/ Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate D'Andre Anderson's Website: https://www.facebook.com/votedandre/

2018 Local Election Series featuring District 6 Hamilton County School Board candidate Jenny Hill. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Jenny Hill's Website: https://www.votejennyhill.org/

2018 Local Election Series featuring District 6 Hamilton County School Board candidate Michael Henry. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Michael Henry's Website: http://michaelhenryfortheschools.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 6 candidate David Sharpe. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate David Sharpe's Website: https://www.votesharpe.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 4 candidate Christopher Dahl. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Christopher Dahl's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ElectChrisDahl/ Chattanooga Has History Page - http://www.chattanoogahashistory.com/

Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Candidate Aloyse Brown's Website: https://www.aloyseformayor.com/ Referenced in this episode: Constructing the Dynamo of Dixie: Race, Urban Planning, and Cosmopolitanism in Chattanooga, Tennessee by Courtney Elizabeth Knapp: https://amzn.to/2uiBIaD The Poverty Puzzle: http://bit.ly/2mPSb42

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 3 candidate Rosabelle Gorman. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Rosabelle Gorman's Website: https://www.votegorman.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 3 candidate Greg Martin. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Greg Martin's Website: http://www.electgregmartin.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 2 candidate Chip Baker. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Chip Baker's website: https://chipbakercommission.com/

2018 Local Election Series featuring County Commission District 2 candidate Elizabeth Baker. Our local election series introduces you to candidates running for local offices of Hamilton County Mayor, County Commission, and Hamilton County School Board. Links: Hamilton County Election Commission website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/ Map of Hamilton County Commission Districts: http://www.hamiltontn.gov/commission/images/Commission%20districts.jpg Candidate Elizabeth Baker's Website: https://www.elizabethbakerdistrict2.com/

This summer we have an ambitious series to interview all local candidates for the office of County Mayor, County Commission, & Hamilton County School Board before the August 2nd election! Hamilton County Election Website: http://elect.hamiltontn.gov/

Bike To Work Day 2018 was on May 18th and GreenTrips Chattanooga hosted a panel discussion that our host, Matt Busby, had the pleasure to moderate. Our panelists include Mayor Andy Berke, Councilman Erskine Oglesby, Director of Community Development Donna Williams, and MLK Neighborhood Association Board Member Chris Lykins. Our discussion explores the impact of multi-modal transportation, and specifically bike lanes, on the growth and equity within our community. Check out the GreenTrips Chattanooga website to learn more: http://www.greentripscha.org/

Back in March, the Enterprise Center unveiled the next phase of Chattanooga's Innovation District with a Framework Plan. The plan is more than just a framework for development, it also reveals the values of the district and the strategies to take the ID to the next level. We are joined by the Enterprise Center's Mary Stargel, Director of Programs, and Toyin Lanade, Marketing & Communications Director. Referenced in this epsiode: Innovation District Website: https://www.chainnovate.com/ The Framework Plan: https://framework.chainnovate.com/

We continue our conversation with Eric Myers, Sally Morrow, & Lindsey Willke of the Chattanooga Design Study. In this episode we explore the recently released South Broad District Study. Referenced in this episode: Chattanooga Design Studio website - http://bit.ly/2HuEZcc South Broad District plan - http://bit.ly/2qpnDWW City Council "OKs" South Broad Street Plan - http://bit.ly/2KwVw09

Special episode re-broadcasting Mayor Andy Berke's 2018 State of the City address delivered on April 19, 2018 Video of Mayor Andy Berke's 2018 State of the City - https://youtu.be/Zd66lKAnsM8

The Chattanooga Design Studio believes that we can make Chattanooga a great place to live for everyone through excellent urban design. In this conversation I am joined by the Studio's Eric Myers, Lindsey Willke, and Sally Morrow. In the first half of our conversation we discuss what urban design is and its importance for creating thriving communities. We also discuss a range of their work, both past and present. The second episode, to be released next week, focuses on their recently released framework plan for the South Broad District. Referenced in this episode: Chattanooga Design Studio website - http://bit.ly/2HuEZcc South Broad District plan - http://bit.ly/2qpnDWW Cityscapes I - http://bit.ly/2qnPLJU Chattanooga Design Studio programs - http://bit.ly/2HfIKEM Connect with CURB on Facebook - http://bit.ly/2IMQ4Vg

Sam Wolfe is the Homeless Program Coordinator for the city of Chattanooga. In this episode Sam discuss the state of homelessness in Chattanooga by recounting the recent Point-In-Time Count as well as broadening our imagination of the type of neighbors in our city who may be dealing with homelessness. We also talk about the recent successes of the recent initiative to house homeless veterans and how that could provide a model for bringing together a coalition of partners to create a new initiative that can serve most vulnerable in our community. Mentioned in this episode: Times Free Press Article on the Point-In-Time Count: http://bit.ly/2GkxXp8 Chattanooga Interagency Council on Homelessness announcement: http://bit.ly/2E3JGWR Facebook Video of Mayor Andy Berke signing the CICH: http://bit.ly/2uuIDjf Sign up here for more information on the CICH: http://bit.ly/2pNfPxF

Public Art Chattanooga has been responsible for some of the largest and most beautiful projects in our city over the past few years. Katelyn Kirnie is the Director of Public Art Chattanooga and in this episode shares some of the exciting projects coming up in the next few weeks including the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit, the Wilcox Tunnel Mural, and the new sculpture being installed at the Blue Goose Hollow entrance to the Riverwalk. With so much going on in the coming weeks, Katelyn also announces Artburst, a month long event celebrating Chattanooga's city wide explosion of color in April. Mentioned in this episode: Artbusrt Chattanooga website (including an amazing lineup of events) - https://www.artburstchatt.com/

The APEX (Action Plan for Educational Excellence) Project is the latest initiative of Unifi-Ed that seeks to engage the community and pull everyone into the conversation on public education. Over the past six months they have been engaging and listening to the community and the result is the APEX Policy Platform, a synthesis of the ten most popular solutions to improve our community and our public education system. Joining us to discuss the results of the APEX Project are Unifi-Ed's Alexa LeBeouf and Ashley Conrad as well as APEX steering committee members Samantha Boucher and Cary Garrett. Referenced in this episode: Unifi-Ed Website -http://www.unifi-ed.org/ APEX Project - http://unifi-ed.org/apex/ "Dismantling Segregation" Event with Nikole Hannah-Jones - http://bit.ly/2FUMyIh