Contact: Meeta Gandhi, Director, Communication Services Division, 905-747-6311, meeta.gandhi@richmondhill.ca

Focuses on ease of use, mobile design and new features

RICHMOND HILL - Today, Richmond Hill launched its new website. While the address, RichmondHill.ca, is still the same, the new website was designed with the goal of improving the experience for all users and includes a clean, simple homepage, ease of navigation and improved functionality.

“We created the new website with your needs in mind,” said Mayor Dave Barrow. “We want to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for online. We’ve also added new self-service applications and have made it easier to communicate with us.”

Highlights of Richmond Hill’s new website include:

-          Improved search and navigation, including drop-down menus and sidebar navigation

-          Mobile responsive design that adjusts to all mobile devices, including cell phones, iPads, tablets and more

-          An interactive events calendar with colour-coded categories and the ability to subscribe to events updates

-          Compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements for websites

-          Demographic and topic based landing pages to centralize information related to specific residents (youth, adults 55+ and families) and topics of interest (Mayor and Council, Environment and Economic Development)

-          Searchable Parks, Trails and Facilities directory featuring more than 200 locations in Richmond Hill 

The new website incorporates feedback from multiple user-testing sessions that took place in the past year.

“To view the features of our new website, we’ve created a video that can be accessed on Richmond Hill’s YouTube page,” said Mayor Barrow. “We really hope the new website will become the go-to place for all Richmond Hill information.”

RichmondHill.ca also brings Richmond Hill’s Economic Development website and Cultural Plan website together in one location.

People are encouraged to visit the website – RichmondHill.ca – and provide feedback by clicking the Feedback button on the right-hand side of each webpage. Comments can also be sent through social media, by calling Access Richmond Hill at 905-771-8800 or by emailing communications@richmondhill.ca.