News release from Mayor’s Office, new websitehere
City of Bridgeport officially launched a revitalized version of the City’s website. The new look of the website is fully accessible for all users and has been updated to meet the standards and guidelines for municipal websites. The website refreshment is a result of three years of effort to best service the City while providing a new look to the site. With the completion of this project, the City of Bridgeport plans to draw more users and attention to the website, as it will continue to be a primary source of updated information regarding services in the City.
“The newly designed website is a direct reflection of the work being done in all areas of our City. It’s fresh and vibrant,” Mayor Ganim stated. “We’ve been working on revitalizing many parts of Bridgeport and I’m glad that our online presence is one of them. My hope is that this will bring more business to our City as we continue to broaden the spectrum of our audience.”
The City of Bridgeport website last received an update during 2016 that involved refreshing the color palate used throughout the website and other sources of branding. After using the same platform and design language for a decade, the City discovered that the website was not fully equipped to reach City residents; especially during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Bridgeport’s Information Technology Services Department (ITS) and Communications Department then decided to work closely together with Interpersonal Frequency, a website developing company that specializes in municipal websites, to ensure that the launch of the new site will include more features, become user-friendly for all mobile devices, and maintain ADA compliance standards for ease of access to all users.
The website is currently live and available for all to explore and browse for information. Users are encouraged to visit the website as frequently as possible for all the latest updates and news regarding the City of Bridgeport as the City continues to integrate new features on the site.
Thanks for an invite for a first view of the new site. A defect of the former site was the difficulty of locating a responsible person by name, with their phone and email address. That may be a continuing problem. For instance I looked at Housing and pursued the linke to Housing and Community Development where I was a smiling picture of Anjerice Miller with title, but no phone or email. Scrolling down H&CD is again mentioned but details are provided for Housing and Economic Development, the senior agency, wrongfully titled, with Gill’s phone number and email. I called to mention the confusion in current posting. Perhaps a departmental map locating subject matters, and employees with duties, phones, and internet connections will be of help?
Time will tell.
Awesome new website. Visiting and checking the BOE portion and I’ve finally figured out why Ganim underfunded our schools for his entire tenure. He thinks there are only 30 schools. Mayor Ganim there are 37 distinct named schools in our district. We need a Mayor who could figure out how many schools are in the system or at least guesses plus or minus 20% or under. Vote Gomes!
1. Aquaculture
2. Barnum
3. Bassick
4. Batalla
5. Beardsly
6. BlackRock
7. Blackham
8. Bridgeport Learning Center
9. BMA
10. Bryant
11. Central
12. Classical studies (+1 building)
13. Claytor
14. Columbus
15. Cross
16. Curiale
17. Discovery
18. Dunbar Edison
19. Fairchild Aero,
20. Fairchild’s Bio
21. Fairchilds IT
22. Hall
23. Hallen
24. Harding
25. High Horizons
26. Hooker
27. Johnson
28. Madison
29. Marin
30. Multicultural
31. Park City
32. Read
33. Roosevelt
34. Skane
35. Tisdale
36. Watersville
37. Winthrop
Perhaps he needs to open up “photo albums” from recent years to see where and when he has set foot in one of the schools to participate in a ceremony, deliver a message, or merely sit down, listen to the young people present for education, the educators striving to develop the young minds and character, and the staff providing services of value, regularly?? That might create memories and a sensibility to a truly caring individual for a mayoral municipal responsibility when he looked at print material that is distributed. But oversight is not a way of life in Brideport that can discover areas that are sidetracked, not moving, or needing serious attention. Why bother with institutional oversight? Time will tell.
What was wrong with the old website. This is not the first time the city changed it’s website. I’m in the process of getting my website after a 6 months pause. The individual I contracted estimated it was going to cost $8,000. I went to see my Chiropracter a few weeks after the start of the web design. When I told my Chiropracter the price I was quoted, he told me he just had his done for $1,600. I payed the $700 and put a stop to the project. Lennie, whats the cost for this unnecessary website revamping?