Work · Case study
One trusted home online for a Hattiesburg neighborhood.
We built thelegacysubdivision.com for The Legacy Subdivision’s homeowners association and took it from approved plan to live in one day.
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The challenge
The Legacy Subdivision is a neighborhood in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Its homeowners association maintains the common areas, utility access, green spaces and the fountain, and puts on neighborhood events. Membership is mandatory, so every household needs the same basic information.
Before this project, the domain showed only a coming-soon page with the old Legacy logo. Board information, dues and documents were scattered. Newsletters went out by email as Word attachments, and they carried board members’ personal cell numbers, a home address and a misspelled contact email. The covenants lived in Drive folders.
What we built
An information-only website with a page for each thing residents ask about:
- Home: a welcome from the board and a box for the annual meeting.
- About: the neighborhood’s values, “good community, good values, comfortable front porch living,” plus the common areas and what the HOA maintains.
- Board and contact: the President, Secretary and Treasurer, listed by role, each with an @thelegacysubdivision.com email.
- Dues and payments: $300 a year.
- News and events.
- Documents: the recorded Declaration of Covenants, the Architectural Committee Charter and the five most recent newsletters as PDFs, newest first, behind one residents’ password.
The design pairs a dark, black-forward palette with Cormorant headings on a custom, lightweight WordPress block theme that works well on phones. Contact links open the visitor’s email app instead of relying on a form plugin, so there are fewer plugins to maintain. The logo is being redrawn as a vector.
What it means for the neighborhood
- One trusted place. Residents and buyers go to one address for the basics instead of digging through old emails.
- A clear welcome. New neighbors and realtors can learn how the HOA works, what it maintains and what dues cost before they have to ask.
- Contacts that survive board turnover. Role-based emails keep working when officers change. The next officer takes over the inbox.
- Privacy by default. No personal phone numbers or home addresses are on the public site.
- Documents that are easy to find and still private. The covenants, the charter and recent newsletters sit in one place, behind a residents’ password.
- Less email for the board. Common questions are answered on the site, so volunteers spend less time replying and resending attachments.
- Dues in one spot. The annual amount is posted where anyone can find it.
- Low upkeep. The lightweight theme and few plugins keep maintenance small.
- A shared identity. The site gives Legacy a face that matches the pride neighbors take in it.
The goal
The HOA board wanted one clear place for residents to find what they need: news, dues and events up front, governing documents behind a residents’ password, and board contacts listed by role so they keep working when officers change. IGNESCO provides ongoing hosting and support, and as with every client, the HOA owns its code.
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