Angela Kim

A North Georgia staple is up for sale and people are asking what’s next. "Over the last eight years, we have poured our hearts, our souls, our funds, our personal funds, into savings and fencing and building,” said TMMA Farms and Sanctuary co-owner Maryann Marsh. When Marsh and co-owner Marty Orr created TMMA Farms and Sanctuary, they had one purpose in mind: helping animals with special needs. "These are all older animals, these are special needs animals,” said Marsh.

When Commander Crystal Saraceni joined the Navy, she had one goal: making her family proud. "I just want to make them proud,” said Saraceni. “We do these things, it's not just necessarily for yourself. It's for family, it's for service, it's for your community." Both she and her family come from Chattanooga, where Saraceni originally had a scholarship to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. However, she decided to enlist instead. "We went to Japan, Australia, Korea,” said Saraceni.

A program in Chattanooga is using a $500,000 grant to help the Scenic City's workforce in a new way. When Edin Castillo Lopez graduated from high school a month ago, one thing that came to the top of his mind was employment. "I really care about that job at the end,” said Castillo Lopez. “I'm trying to work towards that." He’s one of several students enrolled in Chattanooga 2.0’s Viable Pathways program. It’s a free program designed to quickly prepare students for the local job market.