Streamline Blog

The fun crew at Streamline has taken over the blog for a day to bring you your very own Special District Mad Lib.

Images are arguably the most powerful part of your special district website. Your audience is naturally drawn to view them first, and when done right, they leave a lasting impression.

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then surely, an animated GIF must be worth millions?

For special districts, a mission statement is a rallying cry. It reflects the reason your district exists in the first place, helps you connect with your constituents, AND unites your district team.

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our "back on track" edition of Streamline Live! earlier this week. We had such a blast seeing all your smiling faces again, sharing some of the new and exciting updates over the last year at Streamline, and getting your feedback as to what we should prioritize in the year ahead.

Special districts are making good progress moving payments online, much to everyone's delight! Of course, we'll all do whatever it takes to get the job done. We'll open the envelopes, help our constituents write the checks in person. Whatever. But just ask any multi-tasking district office manager and they'll tell you how nice it is to have payments flowing in automatically. It's easier for everybody.

Our community of special districts just passed 6.5 million monthly visits to their Streamline-powered websites in May!

Special districts ranked the importance of keeping the public informed of the great work you do 9.3 out of 10 in our recent survey. Phew, we were a little nervous for a minute there! You also indicated 67.3% of you use social media for this purpose and that 52.6% of you would like to improve how your district uses social media.

We believe California special districts deserve COVID-19 relief funds. So we’re partnering with CSDA and a growing coalition of communities and local leaders to urge the State of California to extend Coronavirus relief funding to special districts.

Over the last few weeks we've received valuable feedback from the Special District community on how you would like to use online payments. We've also dug into what districts feel will be the primary benefits of moving to online payments.