Your Residents Are Googling at 11pm. Your Site Should Answer.
If you're a municipal manager watching staff field 200+ calls about trash pickup times, your website isn't working -- we rebuild it so residents find answers in two clicks.
We build fast, accessible, ADA-compliant municipality websites that help residents get what they need -- and keep your staff off the phone.
Your site goes live, a resident searches for permit applications, and hits a 404. Another tries to pay a utility bill on their phone -- the form breaks. A third needs meeting minutes in Spanish -- nothing loads. Municipality website development rebuilds your digital front door with ADA-compliant architecture, self-service portals that connect to your ERP, and mobile-first design that works under pressure. We're talking WCAG 2.2 AA standards, role-based CMS access for department heads, and emergency alert systems that don't require a developer to push live. Your site becomes the resource your residents expect -- not the roadblock they resent. Because when your platform fails accessibility audits or forces constituents to call for basic info, you're not just losing efficiency. You're burning public trust one broken interaction at a time.
What is holding your current website back?
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
What Your Website Could Look Like
Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
WCAG 2.2 AA Compliance
Every page is built and tested against WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria. We audit with axe-core, screen readers, and manual keyboard navigation testing.
Section 508 Conformance
Federal funding recipients must meet Section 508. We deliver a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that documents full conformance.
Multilingual Content Delivery
We build native i18n routing with professionally translated content -- not machine translation overlays. Right-to-left languages and locale-specific formatting are included.
SSL & Security Hardening
Every municipality site we deploy uses HTTPS, Content Security Policy headers, and rate-limited API endpoints. We follow NIST cybersecurity framework recommendations throughout.
Real-Time Performance Monitoring
Vercel Analytics and custom dashboards track Core Web Vitals in production. You see exactly how the site performs for every visitor segment.
Sub-Second Server Responses
Static generation and edge caching deliver pages in under 200ms. Emergency alerts push instantly via ISR -- no full redeployment needed.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Fails WCAG accessibility audits and exposes your municipality to ADA litigation
Self-service portals connect permit applications, utility payments, and service requests directly to your municipal ERP
Forces residents to call for information that should be available online
Meeting management with auto-generated agendas, minutes, and calendar feeds keeps public records current
Lacks online payment or permit systems, slowing processing and frustrating constituents
Interactive district maps with address-based lookup for zoning, ward boundaries, and facility locations
Requires a developer for every content update, leaving emergency alerts and meeting agendas outdated
Emergency alert system pushes critical updates instantly without triggering a full site rebuild
Breaks on mobile devices, shutting out the 60% of residents who access government info on phones
Role-based CMS lets department heads publish content without writing code or waiting on IT
Offers no multilingual support, violating Title VI and excluding non-English speakers
Full-text search indexes ordinances, budgets, and public records with faceted filtering and PDF support
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Stakeholder Discovery & Audit
Week 1-2We start by interviewing department heads, auditing your current site's accessibility and analytics, and mapping every resident-facing workflow. You get a prioritized requirements document at the end.
Information Architecture & Design
Week 3-5Card-sorting sessions with real residents shape the sitemap. We deliver mobile-first wireframes and a full design system in Figma for council review.
Development & Integration
Week 6-10We build in Next.js with Sanity CMS, wire up payment gateways, and connect to your existing permitting or ERP systems via API.
Accessibility Testing & QA
Week 11-12Then comes automated and manual accessibility audits, cross-browser testing, screen reader validation, and load testing under traffic spikes.
Launch, Training & Support
Week 13We train your staff on the CMS, deploy to production, and provide 30 days of post-launch support plus a complete VPAT document.
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