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Plymouth committee outlines website refresh, launches "Plymouth Proud" newsletter plan and seeks photos
Summary
Len said the first draft of the township site map is done and the committee agreed to pilot a "Plymouth Proud" community feature for the July newsletter, soliciting resident submissions, hiring a photographer for seasonal images, and asking the police about drone footage.
Len reported on progress toward a redesigned township website, saying the vendor has completed a first draft of the site map and is populating menu items and placeholders; the vendor expects a graphic layout for review around September.
Committee members focused on photography and content to populate the site and a new community feature for the township newsletter that members discussed calling "Plymouth Proud" (working title). Members recommended hiring a local professional photographer for seasonal images and discussed sample rates the group has seen: a short event shoot was cited as $200, while a four‑hour Township Day shoot was cited as about $400. A volunteer agreed to reach out to a recommended photographer; another member volunteered to ask the police department about providing higher‑resolution drone footage.
For the newsletter feature, the board narrowed its initial scope to a small set of items for the first issue: profiles of new local businesses, a park or resident spotlight with a photograph and short interview, and a recycling‑success or community‑achievement blurb. Members emphasized keeping the feature uplifting, avoiding political content, and limiting staff workload by starting small. The board discussed collecting resident submissions through a web form that includes an image‑use waiver; a committee member volunteered to draft that form for staff to publish and process.
The committee set a target to have material ready for a July 1 newsletter publication and scheduled the next meeting for July 1 at the GPCC to finalize assets.
No formal budget appropriation or contract award was approved during the meeting; members discussed possible small expenditures to hire photographers but recorded no formal vote to spend funds.
