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SC First Steps selects 18th Street Design for Web Site Re-Design
 
August 26, 2006
 
18th Street Design (www.18street.com) announced today that SC First Steps,  a comprehensive, results-oriented statewide education initiative to help prepare our children to reach first grade healthy and ready to succeed,  has selected 18th Street Design to design a new more progressive web presence to focus on service branding.

"First Steps has definitely outgrown our start-up website. We wanted our new site to reflect our mission and reach our many audiences: parents, educators, and other community partners who share our goal of preparing South Carolina's children for school." , states Susan DeVenny, Executive Director, S.C. First Steps to School Readiness "After consulting with 18th Street and seeing their results with other organizations, we felt confident they would exceed our expectations."

 
"Our goal is to assist SC First Steps in creating a more streamlined web presence that allows for easy navigation to the core service areas offered by the agency.", stated Jay Wingard, President of 18th Street Design. "By coupling a clean, friendly design with focus on their service areas we feel we can create a web presence that will cater to their markets."
 
18th Street Design will create a new web site for SC First Steps with subtle use of flash animation and a more streamlined approach to accessing critical information.
 



About 18th Street Design, LLC
18th Street Design (www.18street.com) is a privately held, award winning new media development company located in the historic Vista in Columbia, SC. Owned by Jay C. Wingard, 18th Street offers creative web development, new media services, motion graphics and music composition. Founded in 1995, 18th Street provides intelligent new media solutions for small, medium and enterprise businesses. 
 

About SC First Steps
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness (First Steps) is a comprehensive, results-oriented statewide education initiative to help prepare our children to reach first grade healthy and ready to succeed. Signed into law in June 1999, First Steps is for children pre-first grade and their families. Public and private support are combined through county partnerships to enable individual communities to address the unmet needs of young children and their families.