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Vienna to launch redesigned town website around July 1 after demo and council feedback

Vienna Town Council · June 2, 2025
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Public information staff and vendor Granicus showed a preview of a redesigned Vienna website with improved navigation, mobile usability and search; council praised many changes, requested alphabetized quick-links and more user testing before the planned July 1 launch.

Public information officials told the Vienna Town Council on June 2 that the town will migrate its website to a new platform on or about July 1, aiming to fix longstanding search and navigation problems and improve mobile usability.

Karen Thayer, the town's public information director, said the redesign grew out of user complaints that meeting materials and other content were hard to find on the current site. Thayer said internal and external focus groups helped reshape the information architecture and that the town has worked with Granicus…

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