The City of Great Bend plans to launch a new website in the next year. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Public Relations Director Addison Crites recommended changing vendors for a more affordable and user-friendly platform for its website. She noted that the new site will continue to use the URL “greatbendks.net.”

The council approved Crites’s recommendation to hire Revize, a government website agency, paying the initial startup cost of $20,060. The annual cost after startup is $7,990, “which is half the annual amount we currently pay Civic Plus,” Crites told the council. The City has a contract with Civic Plus that runs until May 31, 2026. 

A longer version of this story will be posted on Sept. 3, 2025.