Just finished putting together a new website for the Alabama Byways Program. It will continue to grow as more information is added, but here’s a start. Designed in WordPress!
Check it out: www.alabamabyways.com
A New Website For Alabama Byways
Websites
2009 Coming to a Close: Here Comes 2010!
Wow! 2009 has been a pretty great year, overall. I’ve gotten to work on some fun projects, meet some interesting new people, reconnect with others and basically have a lot of fun.
Some of the projects I’ve spent a great deal of time on in the last few years are finally starting to show some real progress: notably the Alabama Scenic Byways Program. The 10 year anniversary of the creation of the program is this spring and we now have 10 scenic byways in our state, including the brand new nationally recognized Coastal Connection, named a National Scenic Byway in October of this year. I’m really proud to have played a small part in seeing that project move forward! (Even got interviewed on the radio about it–not a big fan of hearing my own voice, much to the shock of anyone who has been in a car with me–but it turned out to be less painful than I thought.)
Other projects include the following:
Some fun work on the Lower Cahaba River. We’ve installed signs in several locations pointing out the many attractions in a four county region (Bibb, Dallas, Hale and Perry Counties). A website has been developed to highlight the attractions and to bring the many resources together into one location–www.lowercahaba.com.
I continued to work on the Alabamafrontporches.com website and some brochures to go along with it. The most exciting part of this in 2009 has been the great Ghost Stories work done by Linda Vice and some filmmakers. (I did a brochure to go along with the videos.)
And, of course, the fun trips friend Ben Burford and I went on down into the Black Belt to take photos, eat the food and see the area from the eyes of a tourist.
The usual assortment of newsletters from my friends with the Alabama
Sierra Club, the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Alzheimer’s of
Central Alabama and more kept me busy for much of the year (I always enjoy working on
their annual calendar filled with art from Alzheimer’s patients), along
with advertising work for American Mining Insurance Company–and their
monthly in-house newsletter.
Sierra Club, the AIA (American Institute of Architects), Alzheimer’s of
Central Alabama and more kept me busy for much of the year (I always enjoy working on
their annual calendar filled with art from Alzheimer’s patients), along
with advertising work for American Mining Insurance Company–and their
monthly in-house newsletter.
Sierra Club Newsletter for Christmas!
This has been a busy year. Perhaps a look back is in order, but not today. Today, I’m putting the finishing touches on another newsletter, this one for my good friends with the Alabama Sierra Club. After more than three years of doing a newsprint, large format newsletter, we’ve shifted to a web only format. Cheaper, more environmentally friendly (though we did make the extra effort to find recycled newsprint) and much more flexible in terms of schedule. Take a look: http://alabama.sierraclub.org/chapternews/
I’m heading out to meet with another client, the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects to talk about their website (considering transitioning it into a wordpress style site). Lots to do, but at least I’ve gotten our shopping done–oh, wait, I’ve still got to go to the grocery store.
Lower Cahaba Corridor Project
Spent all day last Friday riding around and going to a variety of locations in Bibb, Hale and Perry Counties to unveil the signs for the Lower Cahaba Heritage and Recreational Corridor. Good day and a great project: www.lowercahaba.com.
Another Website Just About Complete
Just wrapping up a project for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation near Marion, Alabama: http://www.holmesteadcompany.com. Done entirely in WordPress using a template and making a few modifications. I like some of WordPress. I think if I could get a little more time spent, I might have a better understanding of it than Movable Type, but I still have to admit I like this blogging program better–mainly because I’ve been using it for a good while.
The site is small, but I’m hoping that we’ll add to it as time passes!
Another Busy Week
This week promises to be about as busy as the previous weeks have been. I’m happy to say that, at least for the next week or so, our house is free of workers and renovation dust! The sunroom is completed, the dining room requires only a little paint, the back hall is completed and the living room is still a complete wreck–but is put back together in such a way that we can comfortably function for the next little bit as we wait for windows (which we have yet to decide on).
Ann’s been sick today, so I haven’t been as productive as I might otherwise be, but have gotten a few good things accomplished. I started work on a great little website for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation and Farm in Folsom, Alabama (near Marion). I’m developing it as a WordPress website and that has been pretty interesting to start to tinker with. Nothing like Movable Type, but pretty slick and simple at the same time. I am liking what I’m seeing so far. Wrapping up an invitation/poster for Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama for their spring Garden Art Party. We got some great deals on beautiful art there last year and hope to do so again–and the money made goes to help Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama provide services for Alzheimer’s patients and those that care for them! I’ll post the invite later.
FInished up an initial redeisgn for my friends at Tyler Eaton Court Reporters last week. We haven’t quite gone live with the redesign yet (waiting on some additional copy and photos), but I created a Tyler Eaton blog site for them that Laura Nichols is now using to generate more interest. These guys are among the nicest folks I do work for–always friendly, always honest. If I needed a court reporter, I’d sure turn to them. Though it isn’t complete yet, here’s what the site looks like so far:
