May 30, 2022

Santa Rosa, CA, Release: May 30, 2022. For Immediate release

BACKGROUND
The Aleutians East Borough is renowned for its breathtaking beauty and rich diversity of seafood found in the waters around it. It includes the westernmost portion of the Alaska Peninsula and a number of Aleutian Islands. The Borough boundaries begin near Nelson Lagoon and proceed southwest to Akutan Island, containing 2,547 miles of wild and scenic coastline. There are no roads between the remote Borough communities, and distances are vast. Anchorage is approximately 700 miles away from the Borough communities. Travel to the communities is by small plane and by the Alaska State Ferry during the summer.

THE PROJECT
The Borough partnered with Planeteria to provide professional website design services to design and host the Borough’s website. The goal is to have a modernized, appealing appearance with improved navigation for staff and other website users. It was very important to allow Borough staff the ability for staff to easily update website content using a simple WordPress admin configuration.

THE SOLUTION
WordPress CMS, custom visual design, mobile responsive, hosting and managed maintenance.

FUNCTIONALITY
Site search functionality, resolutions, ordinances, election information, permit applications, resource land use information, interactive maps, projects, site admin roles/permissions, document archive, procurement, permits, employment, online forms, news/announcements, social media integration, rotating banners of photos/video, ADA compliant, multilingual and Google Analytics.