Putting Lemont on the Map: Village Introduces New Interactive Website

Many Lemont residents are already familiar all the amenities their community has to offer – and village officials and staff are eager to share that information with a wider audience.

For more than a year, Village Trustee Paul Chialdikas led efforts to put Lemont on the map through a marketing campaign designed to attract new residents to the community. And through the trustee’s work with village staff and local resident Laura Swalec, co-owner of the PlumThree marketing agency, the interactive website “ilivelemont” was born. According to Chialdikas, the website's development, ongoing maintenance and updates are being funded by a $25,000 marketing line item in the village budget. He said about $5,000 remains in the line item following ilivelemont's development. Last week, the village officially launched the interactive website, which is designed to put the spotlight on Lemont and highlight the positive things the …

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