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Just completed (well, last month) a website that has been in the works for over a year. CEDS (the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy) is a periodic statewide project done by the Regional Planning Commissions around Alabama. They asked me to help them put it on the web.
I actually completed this website months ago, but was waiting on the client to provide a few final images. Decided to go ahead and set it live recently.
www.civilconsultantsinc.com
www.civilconsultantsinc.com
Wrapped up a website for the Perry County Chamber of Commerce several months ago and just tweaked it a little more to add some additional movement to the front page. They have a huge selection of audio files of Perry County natives telling stories about many of the historic structures found in Perry County. I've included the audio files along with maps and gps coordinates to each site. Makes me want to head to Perry County! (For those who don't know, Perry County is in Southwest Alabama just a bit over an hour from Birmingham. The largest city--and home to some excellent antique shopping--is Marion, Alabama.)
Have been working on a number of projects over the last couple of months. From East Alabama Tourism, several web projects with my friends at DavisDenny and a new website for the Perry County Chamber of Commerce to a newsletter and an invitation to the Garden Art Party for Alzheimer's of Central Alabama (my favorite charity event of the year AND a great place to get some awesome deals on art), I've been busy, busy....
The Perry County website has some fun mapping features and audio. Visit it to learn about the many tourist attractions--loads of historical homes, two historic colleges, black heritage and so much more--complete with pictures, area natives providing an oral history and GPS coordinates so you can actually visit the sites (over 50 sites!).
The Perry County website has some fun mapping features and audio. Visit it to learn about the many tourist attractions--loads of historical homes, two historic colleges, black heritage and so much more--complete with pictures, area natives providing an oral history and GPS coordinates so you can actually visit the sites (over 50 sites!).
Both of these still need some work, but I'm pretty pleased overall with each of them.
www.bradmorton.com Ann and I have admired Brad's sculptures for years. Really cool metalwork!
The other site is for the University of Alabama Center for Economic Development. It has lots more room to grow, but they needed a framework to grow with.
Wrapped up a project for Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park several months ago, but failed to mention it here. I really am enjoying working with WordPress. Just wrapped up several newsletters today as well; one for an insurance company and another for AIA Birmingham (both web-based). Now I've got to finish up a website for an engineering firm, The University Center for Economic Development at UA and several other projects.... Lots to do. At least I don't have to venture outside in this unbearable heat!
Still a work in progress, but have been adding attractions from around a lot of counties in the Black Belt over the last two weeks to the site. Take a look at the new tourism website: www.alabamasfrontporches.org
Just finished putting together a new website for the Alabama Byways Program. It will continue to grow as more information is added, but here's a start. Designed in Wordpress!
Check it out: www.alabamabyways.com
Wow! 2009 has been a pretty great year, overall. I've gotten to work on some fun projects, meet some interesting new people, reconnect with others and basically have a lot of fun.
Some of the projects I've spent a great deal of time on in the last few years are finally starting to show some real progress: notably the Alabama Scenic Byways Program. The 10 year anniversary of the creation of the program is this spring and we now have 10 scenic byways in our state, including the brand new nationally recognized Coastal Connection, named a National Scenic Byway in October of this year. I'm really proud to have played a small part in seeing that project move forward! (Even got interviewed on the radio about it--not a big fan of hearing my own voice, much to the shock of anyone who has been in a car with me--but it turned out to be less painful than I thought.)
Other projects include the following:
Some fun work on the Lower Cahaba River. We've installed signs in several locations pointing out the many attractions in a four county region (Bibb, Dallas, Hale and Perry Counties). A website has been developed to highlight the attractions and to bring the many resources together into one location--www.lowercahaba.com.
I continued to work on the Alabamafrontporches.com website and some brochures to go along with it. The most exciting part of this in 2009 has been the great Ghost Stories work done by Linda Vice and some filmmakers. (I did a brochure to go along with the videos.)
And, of course, the fun trips friend Ben Burford and I went on down into the Black Belt to take photos, eat the food and see the area from the eyes of a tourist.
The usual assortment of newsletters from my friends with the Alabama Sierra Club, the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Alzheimer's of Central Alabama and more kept me busy for much of the year (I always enjoy working on their annual calendar filled with art from Alzheimer's patients), along with advertising work for American Mining Insurance Company--and their monthly in-house newsletter.
Some of the projects I've spent a great deal of time on in the last few years are finally starting to show some real progress: notably the Alabama Scenic Byways Program. The 10 year anniversary of the creation of the program is this spring and we now have 10 scenic byways in our state, including the brand new nationally recognized Coastal Connection, named a National Scenic Byway in October of this year. I'm really proud to have played a small part in seeing that project move forward! (Even got interviewed on the radio about it--not a big fan of hearing my own voice, much to the shock of anyone who has been in a car with me--but it turned out to be less painful than I thought.)Other projects include the following:
Some fun work on the Lower Cahaba River. We've installed signs in several locations pointing out the many attractions in a four county region (Bibb, Dallas, Hale and Perry Counties). A website has been developed to highlight the attractions and to bring the many resources together into one location--www.lowercahaba.com.
I continued to work on the Alabamafrontporches.com website and some brochures to go along with it. The most exciting part of this in 2009 has been the great Ghost Stories work done by Linda Vice and some filmmakers. (I did a brochure to go along with the videos.) And, of course, the fun trips friend Ben Burford and I went on down into the Black Belt to take photos, eat the food and see the area from the eyes of a tourist.
The usual assortment of newsletters from my friends with the Alabama Sierra Club, the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Alzheimer's of Central Alabama and more kept me busy for much of the year (I always enjoy working on their annual calendar filled with art from Alzheimer's patients), along with advertising work for American Mining Insurance Company--and their monthly in-house newsletter.
Continue reading 2009 Coming to a Close: Here Comes 2010!.
This has been a busy year. Perhaps a look back is in order, but not today. Today, I'm putting the finishing touches on another newsletter, this one for my good friends with the Alabama Sierra Club. After more than three years of doing a newsprint, large format newsletter, we've shifted to a web only format. Cheaper, more environmentally friendly (though we did make the extra effort to find recycled newsprint) and much more flexible in terms of schedule. Take a look: http://alabama.sierraclub.org/chapternews/
I'm heading out to meet with another client, the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects to talk about their website (considering transitioning it into a wordpress style site). Lots to do, but at least I've gotten our shopping done--oh, wait, I've still got to go to the grocery store.
I'm heading out to meet with another client, the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects to talk about their website (considering transitioning it into a wordpress style site). Lots to do, but at least I've gotten our shopping done--oh, wait, I've still got to go to the grocery store.
Spent all day last Friday riding around and going to a variety of locations in Bibb, Hale and Perry Counties to unveil the signs for the Lower Cahaba Heritage and Recreational Corridor. Good day and a great project: www.lowercahaba.com.
Just wrapping up a project for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation near Marion, Alabama: http://www.holmesteadcompany.com. Done entirely in Wordpress using a template and making a few modifications. I like some of Wordpress. I think if I could get a little more time spent, I might have a better understanding of it than Movable Type, but I still have to admit I like this blogging program better--mainly because I've been using it for a good while.
The site is small, but I'm hoping that we'll add to it as time passes!
The site is small, but I'm hoping that we'll add to it as time passes!
This week promises to be about as busy as the previous weeks have been. I'm happy to say that, at least for the next week or so, our house is free of workers and renovation dust! The sunroom is completed, the dining room requires only a little paint, the back hall is completed and the living room is still a complete wreck--but is put back together in such a way that we can comfortably function for the next little bit as we wait for windows (which we have yet to decide on).
Ann's been sick today, so I haven't been as productive as I might otherwise be, but have gotten a few good things accomplished. I started work on a great little website for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and Farm in Folsom, Alabama (near Marion). I'm developing it as a WordPress website and that has been pretty interesting to start to tinker with. Nothing like Movable Type, but pretty slick and simple at the same time. I am liking what I'm seeing so far. Wrapping up an invitation/poster for Alzheimer's of Central Alabama for their spring Garden Art Party. We got some great deals on beautiful art there last year and hope to do so again--and the money made goes to help Alzheimer's of Central Alabama provide services for Alzheimer's patients and those that care for them! I'll post the invite later.
FInished up an initial redeisgn for my friends at Tyler Eaton Court Reporters last week. We haven't quite gone live with the redesign yet (waiting on some additional copy and photos), but I created a Tyler Eaton blog site for them that Laura Nichols is now using to generate more interest. These guys are among the nicest folks I do work for--always friendly, always honest. If I needed a court reporter, I'd sure turn to them. Though it isn't complete yet, here's what the site looks like so far:
Ann's been sick today, so I haven't been as productive as I might otherwise be, but have gotten a few good things accomplished. I started work on a great little website for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and Farm in Folsom, Alabama (near Marion). I'm developing it as a WordPress website and that has been pretty interesting to start to tinker with. Nothing like Movable Type, but pretty slick and simple at the same time. I am liking what I'm seeing so far. Wrapping up an invitation/poster for Alzheimer's of Central Alabama for their spring Garden Art Party. We got some great deals on beautiful art there last year and hope to do so again--and the money made goes to help Alzheimer's of Central Alabama provide services for Alzheimer's patients and those that care for them! I'll post the invite later.
FInished up an initial redeisgn for my friends at Tyler Eaton Court Reporters last week. We haven't quite gone live with the redesign yet (waiting on some additional copy and photos), but I created a Tyler Eaton blog site for them that Laura Nichols is now using to generate more interest. These guys are among the nicest folks I do work for--always friendly, always honest. If I needed a court reporter, I'd sure turn to them. Though it isn't complete yet, here's what the site looks like so far:
But a good one. Paint is going up in two of our rooms! The colors are looking amazing (well, only the lighter color so far, but still looking great. A very light bluish green on the upper portion of our walls and ceiling.Lots of work done over the weekend--worked most of the weekend on a website for Tyler Eaton and I'm waiting on a response from that.
Finalized a newsletter for Alzheimer's of Central Alabama, sent an email out to 780 friends of Your Town Alabama, made a couple of small changes to the Alabama Front Porches website (mainly adding an entry to the "Off the Porch" blog), wrapped up a newsletter for American Mining Insurance Company and several other projects. Good, solid start to the week.
