Allied Arts is Chattanooga's official arts funding agency and raises up to $2 million each year to help support the city's major arts organizations. Allied Arts Director, Dan Bowers, considers the city his palette; since joining the nationally recognized organization in 2007, he has made some remarkable changes.

Peggy and John Petrey are a second-career couple who own a contemporary art studio on Main Street. Together they produce and exhibit exciting art and help provide depth to the art movement in Chattanooga.

Chattanooga Magazine's second feature on RiverRocks, the new 10-day festival launching this October that will celebrate the outdoors, highlights some of the festival's diverse and exciting events.

Sterling features profiles of successful boomers, as well as articles and information on living and leisure in the golden years. The 2010 issue highlights Greenbriar Cove, the Highlands Culinary Festival and Kenneth Gordon, a 32-year private jeweler.

Chattanooga magazine's new 2010 planner features a calendar, important events, and profiles of 20 businesses and organizations that make Chattanooga great.