The Next Door Launches New and Improved Website

For the last several months, The Next Door Inc.’s (TNDI) Marketing and Development team have been working on redesigning our organization’s website. The team embarked on this much-needed project at the end of Summer 2023 to rethink the structure of our site and improve its accessibility to the people we serve, our partners, and our community. We're so excited to announce that you can now learn more about The Next Door on our new and improved website!

The newly reimagined site is a collaborative effort of several teams within our organization, devoted to increasing the understanding of the work we do in the Gorge by making our public-facing site more accessible to all. Prior to being published, the new website’s copy underwent a Plain Language review and rewrite by TNDI’s very own Equity & Outreach Training Services team. Plain Language centers language equity so that all written materials can be read and understood by readers of many literacy levels, a practice that is crucial to our organization’s operations.  

"The Next Door has grown so much over the last decade in order to serve the needs of our diverse population,” says Amanda Lawrence, TNDI’s Director of Marketing and Development. “Our programs and staff support multiple communities by helping them navigate the challenges facing them. We are grateful to launch a website that will help people better understand and access our services.” 

The new site offers easy-to-find program resources and information, upcoming outreach and fundraising event details, ways to give and get involved, a new donation platform, and more. The creation of a new color palette gave our website a fresh, modern look, while photographs provided by Julio Cobb-Hernandez and Paloma Ayala Photography accurately represent the people we serve and the areas we serve them in. We’re so grateful for the many efforts of our staff and the hours spent bringing this multi-year plan to fruition!