Steven Potter, Author at Channel3000.com

Mary Eberle in green with a text that says Following the Branches

Local 'DNA Hunter' helps people follow the branches of their family trees

Mary Eberle is the founder of DNA Hunters, an independent genealogy business she formed seven years ago to help people use their DNA test results to unearth their family roots and find their unknown parents and relatives.

Mary Eberle is the founder of DNA Hunters, an independent genealogy business she formed seven years ago to help people use their DNA test results to unearth their family roots and find their unknown parents and relatives.

Madison's Ian Matthews is a modern-day cobbler

Twenty-one-year-old Ian Matthews has restored hundreds of shoes, from Jordans to Yeezys to Chuck Taylors.

Madison Youth Arts Center creates a home suited specifically for local kids’ programs

MYArts, the new $29 million, four-story home for 25 to 30 other arts and community outreach groups creates a space for kids for meeting, learning, rehearsing and performing.

We can do more

As the country grapples with a racial reckoning, local activists, organizers and officials weigh in on Madison’s documented disparities and what criminal justice reform could mean here.

Public Market photo in front of the location it will go

What's next for the Madison Public Market?

It’s been more than 15 years since the idea for a Madison Public Market was born, and there have been many stops and starts along the way.

It’s been more than 15 years since the idea for a Madison Public Market was born, and there have been many stops and starts along the way. Will this year’s developments, despite a public health crisis, finally lead to a 2022 opening?

Getting out of our traffic jam

There’s one major area where Madison falls short: traffic.

City officials, planners and entrepreneurs are thinking about how we get from point A to point B in a city that’s outgrown its transportation infrastructure.

Can you still afford to rent in Madison?

Families, young professionals aren't mincing words

Madison families and young professionals aren’t mincing words. They say the city’s rental market is “a nightmare,” “verging on highly unaffordable” and turning into “an absolute [expletive] housing crisis.”

Attention-grabbing installations can be found throughout the city

There have been visible successes over the years

In the realm of public art installation, Madison Arts Program Administrator Karin Wolf and the Madison Arts Commission have had some very visible successes over the years.

State of Madison's art

Advocates see a need for larger investments in art

If Madison wants a thriving art scene, advocates see a need for a larger city investment in public art. As it turns out, that’s about to happen.

Ray Chi's ‘The People's Pronouns'

Funding delays caused delayed installation

Ray Chi's public art piece "The People's Pronouns" was scheduled for installation in Pennsylvania Park on East Johnson Street last fall but it hasn't happened yet.

Dane Arts Mural Arts brings artists and buildings together

Organization has created more than 40 murals

Since launching in 2014, the Dane Arts Mural Arts program has created more than 40 murals around the county on elementary school walls, on the sides of churches, inside police stations and at community centers and businesses.