Cities, Counties Across the Country Invited to Compete for Extreme Website Makeover

MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Government website developer CivicPlus is inviting cities and counties across North America to enter its Extreme Website Makeover Contest. Each of 11 grand-prize winners selected will receive a free redesign and functional upgrade of their official government website.

"The tight economy has been choking city and county government budgets for years," said Ward Morgan, founder and president of CivicPlus. "As a result, many municipalities have put off making much-needed changes and upgrades to their websites, which ultimately translates into less service, less communication and less convenience for their citizens. The Extreme Makeover Contest is our way to give back to local communities and demonstrate how yesterday's government website can be transformed into today's community engagement platform."

The company's call for entries is open through Friday, December 9, 2011. Eleven grand-prize winners will be chosen, one from each CivicPlus operating region in North America. City and county government officials are invited to complete a brief entry form found on CivicPlus' website at http://www.civicplus.com/ewm.  

Contest winners will be chosen based on factors including community need and age of current website. Each grand-prize winner will receive a free CivicPlus Premium website package valued at $25,000 to $30,000. Website packages will include:

• Award-winning graphic design
• Website set-up and secure hosting
• Custom page development
• Best practice training
• 24/7 customer support
• Two-year waiver of monthly maintenance fees

In addition, 10 runners-up will receive a $5,000 discount on a CivicPlus Premium website package. CivicPlus will notify winning entrants before December 31, 2011, and will publicly announce the winners at the end of January 2012.

CivicPlus has designed nearly 1,000 local government websites serving 32.6 million citizens throughout North America. The company has earned the Center for Digital Government's Best Fit Integrator Award for delivering extraordinary digital solutions to public IT projects. Its innovative CivicPlus Government Content Management System™ offers more than 60 customizable, integrated eGovernment applications, including Citizen Request Tracker™, MuniMobile™, Facebook and economic development tools. CivicPlus (http://www.civicplus.com) was founded in 2001, and was selected by Inc. Magazine as "One of the Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies in the U.S." in 2011. Over the past two years, CivicPlus clients have won more than 230 website awards.

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SOURCE CivicPlus