Albany Gateway’s Weblog

Wecome to Albany Gateway’s blog.  Albany Gateway brings the Great Southern community together online., and this blog is a place to have your say.

What is a Blog?

This is a well explained You Tube video explaining what a blog is.

Thanks to http://commoncraft.com/blogs

Feel free to comment and discuss news events and gossip or contact us to raise a topic.  This is your local blog and you are welcome to contribute.

ABOUT US
Albany Gateway is best place on the internet to find great information about Albany and the surrounding region. As a not for profit community organisation it serves the local community with an events calendar, free classifieds, local business directory, lifestyle directory and lots of general information for tourists and local alike.

Albany Gateway was first launched on the 19th May 2000 and is managed by a board of well known local business and community identities.  Since then we have grown and changed… watch out for our brand new website with all the bells and whistles in the near future.

Contact details:
Ph: 08 9842 9895
www.albanygateway.com.au
222 Chester Pass Road, Albany Western Australia

Albany Gateway Redevelopment Gets the Go Ahead

A cheque for $41,000 from Lotterywest will allow work to proceed on the redevelopment of Albany Gateway to secure it’s position as premier internet portal for residents and visitors alike seeking access to online information about Albany and the Great Southern.

Presentation to Albany Gateway board

The Lotterywest support represents a major acknowledgement of the success of the Community Portal concept and Albany Gateway’s continuing vision for delivering benefits to the Great Southern community
An indication of the broad-based community support that the site has received can be seen from the variety of other funding sources which includes the Great Southern Development Commission, the Great Southern Employment Development Committee, Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry along with in kind support from

Peter Watson MLA, Jullie Wallis Chair of Albany Gateway, Matt Benson MLC and Bruce Manning CEO GSDC

the Great Southern Area Consultative Committee, Albany Worklink and the Albany Business Centre.
Since its establishment there has also been enormous inputs provided by past and present board members, small business and community organizations to create a powerful Regional web presence that currently attracts an average of 75000 visitors a month.
However during this time the original design has become dated and in need of an update to allow more interactivity between the local community, businesses, event organizers, locals and visitors.
The new site will provide systems to track that information is up to date and accurate and will have improved navigation and search functions, making it easy to find all business, community services and organizations in the Great Southern.
Another exciting improvement will be Web 2 functions such as blogs and forums that make it easy to interact with the community.  Development work will be undertaken by local IT firm Z Networks, further confirming the group’s commitment to supporting local business

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