Workshop on New Village Website Set for Tuesday

If you were hoping to chime in on the design and features of the village’s new website, well, this is your week.

leaders are set to spend $14,357 to build a new site, one that will replace the current one, created in 2003. The new site will be designed by Kansas-based company CivicPlus—with help from you, if you’re up for it.

On Tuesday, village officials will host a workshop, open to the public, and geared toward determining the look and feel of the new site. Anyone can show up and offer an opinion about just what features should be included on the new site, and how they should be designed.

The workshop starts at 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 200 N. River St. To RSVP, contact Management Intern Rachel Lange at 630-896-8080 ext. 1115, or email lange@ci.montgomery.il.us. 

This week is also your last chance to submit photos for consideration for the new website. All photos must be taken in Montgomery, and must be unaltered—no cropping, toning or filtering. And they must be in by Friday.

It’s Rachel Lange you’ll want to contact for this one, too. Download entry forms at the village’s website, and email your photos in to Lange. (Or mail them to her at 200 N. River St., Montgomery, IL 60538.

And while you’re on the village website, you can also take a survey, and let village leaders know what you’d like to see on the new site.

According to CivicPlus’ timeline, the plan is to have a design feedback meeting on the new website on Aug. 11, with final design approval set for Sept. 9. Employees will be trained on the new site from Nov. 14 through Nov. 17, and the finished product will launch on Dec. 9.