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Urbana unveils new .gov city website; staff say launch set for mid-December
Summary
City IT staff told the City of Urbana Committee of the Whole that the city’s redesigned website will launch in mid-December, move to a .gov domain, consolidate content and include accessibility scans and analytics; staff warned bookmarks will break and asked for public feedback during an initial internal go‑live.
Urbana city IT staff told the City of Urbana Committee of the Whole on Dec. 2 that the city’s redesigned website will go live in mid-December and will use a .gov domain.
The site is scheduled for an internal “go live” during the week of Dec. 9 and a public launch on Dec. 13, IT Manager Thomas Webb said. Webb said the project’s goals are to “make it more accessible, more responsive to community needs, make it more useful to the people we’re serving.”
City staff said the new site will use a standardized template and design system and will consolidate content. Kate Levy, who led the content audit, said the team started with…
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