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now more than ever, we need your generous support. The City was also honoured by the Hermes Creative Awards
with two gold awards recognizing the city services app and its
This April, when you donate, you can proudly wear a daffodil website launch video that was developed in partnership with
pin as a sign of your commitment to the fight against cancer. local video design and production agency, Arc Media. The City
Visit cancer.ca/daffodil for more information and to donate. also received honourable mentions for its overall website de-
sign and the economic development website. The Hermes Cre-
City of Cambridge receives international ative Awards are an international completion receiving entries
recognition for websites from more than 35 countries and they recognize outstanding
The City of Cambridge’s websites have received recognition in work in the industry.
two international competitions, winning one platinum award “We’re really pleased with how our websites have turned
and three gold awards. out,” remarked Shawn Falcao, Manager of Communications.
“After extensive community consultation, our websites are a
“We’re honoured to have our efforts recognized at this level,” true product of what we heard and we’re thrilled by the rec-
said Mayor Doug Craig. “With our websites, we set out to offer ognition. We were able to create something that benefits the
better opportunities for the community to be informed and whole community with easier access, greater convenience and
get engaged online and these awards are a reflection of staff’s more engagement - and we look forward to collecting ongoing
commitment to meet this goal.” feedback to continue to reflect community needs.”

Recognizing outstanding achievement in marketing and com- Over the past year, the City of Cambridge re-vamped both the
munication, the MarCom Awards honoured the City of Cam- main city website and the Cambridge Centre for the Arts web-
bridge with a platinum award for the new city website (www. site, and introduced new websites for the Cambridge Farmers’
cambridge.ca) and city services app, and a gold award for Market and economic development division. A result of col-
the economic development website (www.investcambridge. laboration with Waterloo-based eSolutions Group, the web-
ca). With over 6,500 entries from 19 different countries, these sites incorporate modern design, service-oriented navigation
awards are given to organizations that exceed the industry and innovative applications.
norm and show excellence in terms of quality, creativity and
resourcefulness.

INFORMATION SEMINAR
Thursday, May 17/18 from 9 AM to 11 AM
at Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.
Limited seating available so register today at
http://bit.ly/2GNHJjj
10 www.cambridgechamber.com
Spring 2018