After a year and a half of hard work by the staff and the Website Redesign Team, the new website is here! The incredible design team worked hard to make a site that is appealing, informative, easy to use, and tells Central’s story. Here are some things to know about the new website: It is not done! All of the main pages are complete and functioning. But there are many second-level information pages that will remain in development over the summer. We are releasing an incomplete website over the slower season of summer so that everyone has the opportunity to become familiar with the new site before the program year begins in September, at which time the website will be complete. We hope that you will find the new site to be more user-friendly, with easy access to the livestream with all the news, bulletins, and more available in one location for easy viewing. Other major changes include a comprehensive events calendar, the ability to share news stories and articles, easily accessible information about the free store hours, staff bios, and testimonials from members and partners. The Website Redesign Team is seeking a diverse group of Central folks and neighbors to review the usability of the new website over the summer. Some of you may get a personal invitation, but this is open to any and all. More details about how this usability study will be conducted is coming soon. If you are interested, you can stop by the Welcome Desk now through June 22 to sign up. A huge thank you to the Website Redesign Team: Boyd Savage, Chloe Hjerpe, Joe Shelton, and Karen Knox. And another big thanks to all the staff and members who contributed content, wrote testimonials, and took and shared pictures. Central’s story resides in all of us and our relationships with one another. We hope that the new website captures that story and shares it to the world.
