City Of Northfield Gives Its Website A Makeover

Press release from the City of Northfield:

November 11, 2020

Visitors to the City of Northfield website will see some changes starting midafternoon on November 12. City staff will switch from the current website design to a brand new design. Visitors will notice a more modern, cleaner design with larger images for news and tiled information for news and events.

“We’re excited to freshen up our website and have a bit more flexibility on the homepage for important information,” said Michelle Mahowald, the city’s communications and human resources director. “We’re continually modifying and making improvements to our communication tools, so all of our community members a have better, more informed experience.”

Accessibility and continuing to make things age-friendly was in the forefront of the new design. “We’re adding a resizer tool to the interior pages, so users can increase the font size,” said Kara Trygestad, the city’s communication specialist. “The font size throughout the website will meet age-friendly specifications.”

The website redesign is part of the ongoing maintenance and hosting contract with the city’s website vendor, CivicPlus.

This press release was produced by the City of Northfield. The views expressed here are the author’s own.