The Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development (TJPED) website, which we launched in 2010, recently received an Honorable Mention for Excellence in Economic Development Award in the category of General Purpose Website for communities with populations of 200,000 – 500,000.

The honor was presented at the International Economic Development Council’s annual meeting and is our second IEDC award for a client.

Read more about this honor on our economic development website.

We’re happy to announce the launch of a website for our economic development and tourism practice, www.EconDevWebsites.com.

After three years and eight economic development clients, we decided to create a special website to showcase these projects and explain our capabilities that are suited for economic development website design.

The website was launched before the 2011 International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Annual Conference.

The site itself has some newer technology that we’ve been working on. It’s built on the same content management system we build client projects on, and the website automatically resizes itself to fit multiple mobile device formats, eliminating the need for a separate mobile version.

See the website at www.EconDevWebsites.com.

Combine an orthodontist with a uniquely fun personality and a website design firm with creative flair and you get GardnerGrins.com, our newest website launch.

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We’re excited about the launch of WarShotsBook.com, a companion to the book written by Richmond author Charles “Chip” Jones.  The book was released earlier this week, and the website went live the week after Christmas.

The website features exclusive video interview clips and photographs from the private collection of Norman T. Hatch, the Marine combat cameraman that is the book is written about.  You can also watch “With the Marines at Tarawa,” the documentary that won the 1944 Academy Award for short subjects.  The footage Hatch took of dead and dying Marines was so graphic it had to be approved for public release by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself, and revealed how adept the Japanese actually were at fighting (Americans at the time underestimated the fighting abilities of the Japanese).

“Rick Whittington Consulting helped me see outside the box of my written work, and to see the potential for creating a dynamic, colorful Web-based platform. Rick and his team saw the potential for positioning my book online,” Jones said about the website we designed and developed.

To learn more, read the press release or visit WarShotsBook.com, where you can purchase the book.  You can also pick up an autographed copy of the book at Fountain Bookstore in Shockoe Slip right here in Richmond.

We’re pleased to announce that Communication Arts has selected the Greater Richmond Partnership website as today’s “Webpick of the Day.” The website’s purpose is to help attract businesses and companies to Richmond, Virginia. Because of its rich functionality and superior graphic design, the site has already won several awards.

CommArts selects websites with the finest design daily, and commonly selects sites from some of the world’s best and brightest design firms and ad agencies. Read more at the CommArts website or visit the featured website at www.grpva.com.

Located in Southside Virginia about an hour south of Richmond is MAMaC, a 1,545-acre industrial site that could bring a large company to the area.  To publicize the “megasite,” we worked with a top engineering firm and Greensville County to develop a website.

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