Daniel Ryan: When I moved to Chattanooga 16 almost 17 years ago now, it was just coming off the end of revitalizing downtown and the waterfront and these big efforts to bring the city back. And I've watched the success of those movements.

In the last decade really, we've been focused on small business, entrepreneurship, startup, all these things. The thing we lack the most is talent for those companies. So Center Centre being in Chattanooga is just filling such a void that we need talent here. Even if the people come here and decide they don't want to stay here, we had them for two years and they were part of the community. Such a great thing. They can go spread the word about how great we were here or the may choose to stay. I think there will always be careers for them in this area, for sure. 

Alfonso Gómez-Arzola: Hopefully it will also improve the lives of the people that live here. Chattanooga is a growing city and with all growing cities there is always a lot of growing pains. Many of them have to do with the experience of citizens walking our streets or using our government services.

Hopefully, this school, what you teach here, this idea that people can be better served if we think about their experiences and try to use empathy. Maybe that will spill over a little bit into our city. The way our city is conducted. The way we conduct ourselves in the streets. The way we treat our pedestrians, et cetera. 

Rina Henderson: Center Centre in Chattanooga, it puts a really big pin on the map in my opinon. UX is all over the world, and there are hotspots in the U.S. alone. The fact that there's a school for UX in Chattanooga is just fantastic. It's amazing. 

Chattanooga's already a hub for outdoor enthusiasts, recreation. It's a beautiful city and to know that one day maybe I can send my kids to a UX school and it's not far from home, that's really exciting for me.