Azurae Johnson Redmond's new nonprofit is an uncanny culmination of her experiences thus far: the mentor mindset she developed through volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters; the research she performed as a volunteer caseworker for the Red Cross; the sense of drowning she felt after losing her husband when she was just 27.

With rare exceptions, very few bands or musicians start their careers on top, traveling from gig to gig on a private jet with a crew of people at their beck and call. Most have to put in their time traveling in a van, logging thousands of hours on the road, playing at college frat parties and small clubs along the way.

As we all continue to resume activities we gave up last year, from dressing up for formal events to changing out of pajamas for work, we're not necessarily going back to the way we dressed in "the before times."

The dog days of summer call for a cocktail that's super-refreshing and as easy-breezy to make as the beach you wish you were sitting on. Nothing fits the bill like Ranch Water, the classic tequila-based cocktail born in West Texas.

Yellow Doll, Midnight Delight, Crimson Sweet and Jubilee sound more like a team of Thoroughbred horses, but they're varieties of just some of the watermelons filling big bins in produce stands and farmers markets this time of year.

An idyllic farm escape just outside of Atlanta, this planned community located within the city of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, is focused on wellness and connecting with nature.

Last year, the pandemic opened up a chasm of new needs in the community — needs that local nonprofits could not fill. Not alone, anyway.

After more than a year of isolation, streets and sidewalks are again beginning to fill up, and social calendars along with them. Events that were put off last year, or made virtual, are rebounding, and in many instances being reframed yet again as people seek the in-person social interactions lost in 2020.

The storefront at the corner of North Ocoee Street and Central Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Tennessee, is part of an emerging boutique district.

Clothes are magical. They cover up our nakedness while revealing our individuality. They can make us feel more or less attractive than we are, more or less mature or youthful, and in or out of step with society, culture, the world.

At the end of each work email Becky Whelchel sends is a quote that not only characterizes her work but also her decision to leave it: "In the end, the only things worth doing are the things that might possibly break your heart. Rage on." — Colum McCann

Long before yoga studios lined every corner and meditation was as much a part of many's daily routine as brushing their teeth, my mother was at the forefront of Chattanooga's holistic health scene.

Pickleball's popularity has been growing over the last decade or so, but the pandemic has boosted the sport's status from what many saw as a fad played mainly by seniors to a full-fledged sport that's literally taking over tennis courts across the city and country.

If you still have a CD collection, don't totally understand Snapchat or have read Gary Paulsen's "Hatchet" more than once, you might be a "geriatric millennial."

From pressure washers to a studio where you can create your own podcast, the Chattanooga Public Library offers citizens access to far more than books.

First Horizon vice president of business banking; First Horizon Elite Circle Member (2020); Diamond Circle Member (2017, 2018, 2020)

Naughty Cat Cafe co-founder and owner; Humane Educational Society Commitment to Compassion Award recipient; Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Pualu Award recipient (Business Innovation category) for Field Trips for Shelter Dogs Program; adopted out over 750 cats so far from Naughty Cat Cafe

Chattanooga 2.0 executive director; Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce vice president of talent initiatives; The Lavinia Project founder and board chair (2015-2017); Writer Corps board member (2015-2017); Harvard Graduate School of Education By All Means Consortium community lead (2019-present); Read20 board member (2020-present); Chattanooga Rotaract member (2020-present); U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Leads Fellow (2018-2019); Leadership Tennessee Next, Class II (2019-2020); a Forbes '30 under 30' (2020)

Humanaut executive producer/commercial and music video director; AdAge top 10 agency in the country (2019); "Nice Talk Show" co-host

Waller Law Firm attorney and senior policy advisor; Junior League of Chattanooga past president; Chattanooga "Woman of Distinction" (2019); Girls Inc. of Chattanooga UnBought and UnBossed honoree; board member for various civic organizations

Circuit Court Judge, TN-12th, III, Criminal and Civil Trial Jurisdiction; Tennessee Trial Judges Executive Committee member; Tennessee Courtroom Security Committee member; 12th Judicial District Bar Association president; featured on various podcasts ("Criminal" episode 133, "The Crime Story" episode 30)

LoLo Bars LLC owner; summer raft guide on the Ocoee River

Erlanger Nurse Director of Inpatient Services with a focus on critical care; Department of Defense Patriotic Employer Award recipient