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Artist Amelia Briggs exiled herself to a small Michigan town to figure out if she had the dedication to pursue a career in art. Now, she is the director of Nashville's outpost of David Lusk Gallery, and she talks to fellow artist Alysha Irisari Malo, the co-founder of a new arts organization in Wedgewood-Houston. With CONVERGE, Alysha and her husband, Eric, are bringing neighbors and developers to the table together.

What happens when you put a developer and an affordable housing activist in the room together? Odessa Kelly is the director of Napier Recreation Center and a leader in the movement for affordable housing and economic equity in Nashville. She interviews Ed Henley, a Nashville native who has worked with the city on large civic projects such as Music City Center and Tennessee State Museum. They find common ground in Unicorns.

When Mena Gamil and Makarious Mesak were assigned a project in their freshman seminar at LEAD Academy, they wanted to finish the quarter with a good grade. But the teens were swept away by a big idea: solar sidewalks. They led the class in a project proposal that got the attention of the local leaders, and learned that even as teenagers, they could have a voice in how the city grows. Betsy Littrell, an architect and sustainability advocate, interviews Mena and Makarious and takes us on a tour of her tiny urban farm.

In 1976, Bill Perkins accidentally attended a block party in a Nashville neighborhood that the city had all but given up on. He liked it so much that he moved in and co-founded a game-changing neighborhood action committee that still exists today. Anna Zeitlin is a hatmaker and art gallery manager who interviews Bill in The Lorax.

Brent Coursey has always had a passion for breathing new life into old things. He opened Woodstock Vintage Lumber in 1996 and moved to Wedgewood-Houston a few years later. He tells the Woodstock story to Ann Clawson, who opened Clawson's Pub and Deli in 2014 with her husband, Jens. Ann also has a knack for making old things shine, and her restaurant is as comforting as a grandmother's living room. Meet Brent, Ann, and a slew of small businesses in Treasure Hunters.