YORK York County launched a redesigned county website Tuesday evening that operates more efficiently, functions better on mobile devices and provides easier access to information from the county's boards and commissions, according to county staff.

The launch encompassed new design for four different county resources: its homepage and main government website, its Yorktown tourism website, its economic development authority website and the website county employees use for work. The web addresses for each website remained the same.

The new website was funded in the county's fiscal year 2017 budget and was built by Civic Plus, a business that creates websites for local governments.

JoAnn Mewborn, the county's webmaster, told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that the old website, which was 15 years old, had about 70 people managing its content. She said the new website reduced the number of people working on the site to 20, allowing the people who used to have their hands on the website to worry about other aspects of their jobs.

She said the new website is cloud-based and was built with mobile in mind, enhancing its functionality on more devices.

When Mewborn and Paula Hersh, the county's public affairs manager, presented the website to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, the board showed the most excitement for its segment of the site, which packaged all the county's boards and commissions together and made it easier to find agendas and minutes. The documents are also now searchable.

Hersh highlighted a live-streaming feature that allows people to watch board meetings live on the website. The website is also able to upload the meeting video within 24 hours, Hirsch said.

Reyes can be reached by phone at 757-247-4692.

Redesigned York County websites:

County homepage:yorkcounty.gov

York County EDA:yesyorkcounty.com

York County tourism:visityorktown.org

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