The Town of Oakville has revamped and expanded its online presence in a bid to help residents connect with their local government. Last week the Town unveiled a new and improved oakville.ca, which officials said features a better search tool, improved accessibility, restructured content and navigation categories, a translation tool, a new event and meeting calendar, easier access to Town of Oakville has unveiled new website RSS feeds, adaptability to support advances in technology, integration of content from previous existing sites, and more. "Our new website will simplify our customers' online relationship with the Town of Oakville. Residents told us they wanted quick and easy access to important information," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "Our team has done an excellent job at taking oakville.ca in a positive direction. I look forward to seeing how our community interacts with the new tools we've developed with them in mind." The Town of Oakville has also increased its social media presence on Facebook and Twitter to enhance the way residents can interact with the Town. The Town can now be found on Facebook at facebook.com/townofoakville and Twitter @townofoakville. In the 2011 Citizen Survey, 65 per cent of respondents identified the website as their preferred way to access information about the town. To check out the new website or to join Oakville's online community, visit www.oakville.ca. "As websites are always changing, 13 · Wednesday, January 25, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com we will continue to enhance our site to meet the changing needs of our residents, businesses and visitors," said Jane Courtemanche, director, Strategy, Policy and Communications. "We look forward to expanding our use of social media tools to build new relationships with the community and providing even more interactive engagement opportunities." Need Extra Cash? Turn your old gold & silver into money today! Don't let your old gold collect dust in a drawer or safety deposit box, when you could finally pay off credit card debt, buy that special gift or even take that long needed vacation. Gold is at on all time high. We are certain that you will be surprised at how many hundreds, evan thousands to dollars your gold is worth! Take advantage of this money making opportunity. Tell your friends & family! No quantities are too small. Come to: Follow Oakville Beaver staff on Twitter @OakvilleBeaver @NewsHooked @DavidLea6 @DominikKurek @BeaverSports or @Halton_Photog ! D N A M E D R A L U P O P Y R BACK BY VE We buy gold watches, coins, dental and diamonds. We buy silver coins, silver cutlery, silver bowls and silver serving plates. Bring your broken, unworn and unwanted gold and silver items and we will evaluate them and pay you CA$H! Come in for a FREE evaluation! 590 ARGUS ROAD, (AT TRAFALGAR) HOLIDAY INN OAKVILLE Friday January 27, Saturday January 28, Sunday January 29, THIS 3 DAY ONLY EVENT WILL BE HELD ON 12pm to 7pm 10am to 6pm 10am to 5pm WE WILL DONATE $1.00 for every 2 grams of scrap gold to THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN $ee you there!!! nationalgoldrefining@gmail.com