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Wilmette Park District

A More Connected Digital Experience for Recreation

40% Increase in website traffic

The Wilmette Park District website redesign aimed to create an inclusive, user-centric platform that communicates the district’s recreational offerings, makes program registration straightforward and supports community engagement.

Challenges

Wilmette Park District needed a website that could handle high volumes of program registration while connecting directly to its existing RecTrac system, for a community with a wide mix of programs, facilities and seasonal activities.

What we built

SmartRoots built a responsive website with RecTrac integration, an interactive event calendar and facility map, and staff-managed content, backed by training and ongoing support.

What we delivered

  • Interactive facility and park map
  • Meetings and agendas, with a manageable backend
  • Event calendar
  • RecTrac integration for program registration
  • PDF flipbook viewer for published documents

What changed

40%

Increase in website traffic

30%

Increase in user engagement

50%

Improvement in search performance

Ongoing

Staff training and post-launch support

Residents gained clearer ways to discover programs and register, while staff gained better tools to manage the information behind the experience.

Wilmette Park District

Project at a glance

Organization
Independent municipal body
Location
Wilmette, Illinois
Pages
215
Visitors
121k a year
Completed
May 2023

Technology

  • WordPress
  • RecTrac
  • AWS hosting

Live site wilmettepark.org

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