Organized by audience and task
Navigation built around what visitors come to do — pay a bill, find a meeting, apply for a program — with departments and internal program names as secondary paths.
Outcomes
What success looks like
- Residents finding common services without calling the front desk
- Public notices, agendas, and RFPs published in one consistent place
- A site that meets accessibility expectations for public organizations
- Staff able to publish routine updates on their own
- Clear pathways for residents, businesses, partners, and job seekers
Why Southwind
Built for the way your organization actually works
Accessible from the start
Every site targets WCAG 2.2 AA, with semantic structure, keyboard navigation, color-contrast checks, and screen-reader testing before launch.
Public documents that are easy to find
Agendas, minutes, notices, RFPs, plans, and reports organized into clear resource areas with consistent labels and search.
Plain-language content
We rewrite dense program and department copy into language residents, businesses, and partners can act on.
Manageable for small teams
Content types and templates your staff can update without a developer, plus training and optional ongoing support.
Works with your existing systems
Links to or integrates with payment portals, agenda and meeting platforms, GIS tools, forms, and document libraries.
What's Included
A complete scope — not a list of disconnected tasks
Content inventory & audit
A page-by-page review of your current site to decide what to keep, reorganize, rewrite, or retire.
Information architecture
Audience- and task-based sitemap, navigation, and search structure approved before design begins.
Design & development
A custom, accessible design system built on a CMS your team can maintain.
Document & notice management
Structured areas for agendas, minutes, public notices, RFPs, funding opportunities, plans, and reports.
Accessibility review
Automated and manual accessibility testing, remediation, and an accessibility statement at launch.
Migration, training & care
Content migration, redirects from old URLs, staff training, and optional hosting and website care after launch.
Our Process
How we deliver
- 01
Discovery
Interviews with staff and stakeholders, analytics review, and a look at the questions residents ask most.
- 02
Structure
Content inventory, sitemap, and wireframes built around the most common visitor journeys.
- 03
Design & build
Accessible design and development, with content rewritten and migrated into the new structure.
- 04
Launch & support
Redirects, training, accessibility checks, and ongoing care so the site stays current.
Who It's For
Organizations we serve with this work
- City and town governments
- County governments
- Regional planning and development districts
- Councils of governments
- Special districts, utilities, and transit authorities
- Public agencies running workforce, grant, or financing programs
Website Design Demos
City Government Demo Concepts
City Government Website Concept
City of Redstone, Oklahoma
A growing Oklahoma community concept focused on resident services, utility access, permits, meetings, local news, events and economic growth.
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City Government Website Concept
City of Prairie Crossing, Kansas
A rural regional-center concept built around practical resident services, community information, business resources, public notices and local identity.
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City Government Website Concept
City of Northvale, Ohio
A polished suburban-government concept centered on resident services, city projects, parks, public art, community storytelling, innovation and planned growth.
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Website Design Demos
Regional Planning Demo Concept
Regional Planning & Development Website Concept
Ozark Frontier Regional Planning & Development District
A seven-county public-agency concept built around community planning, grant administration, workforce services, small-business financing, GIS, broadband, infrastructure and regional economic development.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What makes a public-sector website different from other websites?
Public organizations serve many audiences at once and are required to publish a lot of information — notices, agendas, documents, and program details. The site has to make everyday tasks easy while keeping that required information organized and accessible.
Can you redesign our existing government website?
Yes. We start with an inventory of your current content, decide what should be kept, reorganized, rewritten, or removed, and rebuild the structure around how residents actually use the site.
Will the website be accessible?
Yes. Every site targets WCAG 2.2 AA, and accessibility is considered throughout design, content, and development rather than checked at the end.
Can our staff update the site themselves?
Yes. We build templates your staff can manage for routine updates and provide training, with optional ongoing support when you need help.
Can the site connect to our payment, agenda, or GIS systems?
Yes. Depending on the project, we can link to or integrate with payment systems, agenda and meeting platforms, GIS tools, forms, and document libraries.
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