Gloucester County launches new website
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More than 30 web page editors from each county department have helped to create Gloucester’s newly redesigned site. They include, front row, from left, Dale Burrell, administration; Pam Allen, central purchasing; Denise Canada, codes compliance; Kristin Powell, commissioner of the revenue; Ron Owens, environmental programs; Sharon Roy, finance; Patricia Andrews, human resources; Brian Burchett, information technology; back row, John Ayers, library; Beverly Moorhouse, master gardeners; Denise Carter, parks, recreation and tourism; Emily Gibson, planning; Fran Brown, public utilities; Sandra Hogge, public works; Nancy Bussler, sheriff’s office, and Terri Moore, social services. Not shown are Carl Shipley, animal control; Lorna Frazier-Lindsey, clean community; Cathy Dale, clerk’s office; Michael Smith and Eric Jewell, commonwealth’s attorney; Amanda Wallace, community education; Linda Northstein, county attorney; Linda Evans, economic development; Jane Wenner, emergency management; Rita Taylor, GIS; Bill Walker, master gardeners; Elizabeth Wirt, museum; Bobbi Morgan, registrar; Cindy Jessie, treasurer, and Jackie Wilgus, cooperative extension. Photo by Quinton Sheppard
Gloucester County launched a brand new website Monday afternoon that is accessible to all residents and uses various web browsers with a more modern design.
"This is the first major redesign in over a decade," said Brian Burchett, applications and web developer analyst for Gloucester.
Burchett, along with about 30 staff members representing each county department, have worked for about two years on the redesign to www.gloucesterva.info. Much of the work has been in training on how to use the site’s new software, and it has all been done in-house.
Improvements on the site focus on allowing its content to be accessible to as many users as possible, as well as complying with accessibility guidelines and standards.
George Bains, director of the county’s Information Technology department said convenient and user-friendly services include search tools, printing icons, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) subscription and Browsealoud for speech-enabled web pages. He also said language translation is offered through links to free language translation services.
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