What's Included
Every Lincoln Park Starter Site delivers the same professional foundation regardless of business type.
5 custom-designed pages. Home, About, Services, and Contact as a baseline, plus one additional page that serves your business best. A boutique might want a Shop landing page. A personal trainer might want a Booking page. A restaurant might want a Menu page. A therapist might want a FAQ page. You choose what serves your Lincoln Park customers best.
Custom design. Your layout, your brand colors, your photography, your voice. Not a template with your name dropped in. For businesses on Armitage and Clark who want their website to look as intentional as their physical space, custom design is the non-negotiable difference.
Working contact form. Built and tested to deliver leads to your inbox reliably. Not a placeholder that fails silently.
Mobile-responsive layout. Built mobile-first. Over 60 percent of the search traffic that finds Lincoln Park businesses comes from phones. Your site works correctly and looks professional on every device your customers use.
SEO foundation. Proper title tags, meta descriptions, heading structure, image optimization, XML sitemap, and robots.txt. This is the technical foundation that makes ranking possible, not a guarantee of immediate rankings.
Performance optimization. Next.js server-side rendering, optimized images, minimal JavaScript. Your site scores 90 or above on Google PageSpeed Insights from launch day.
SSL certificate. HTTPS enabled from launch. Required by Google and expected by your Lincoln Park customers.
Analytics integration. Google Analytics or Plausible connected so you see traffic from the first day.
Hosting guidance. We deploy your site and explain your hosting options so you understand what you are paying for and can manage it independently.
Source code ownership. You own the design, the code, and the content. No vendor lock-in.
Who the Lincoln Park Starter Site Serves
New restaurants and food businesses opening on Clark, Halsted, or Armitage who need a menu, their concept described, and a contact form, live before their first customer arrives.
Personal trainers, yoga instructors, and fitness professionals building a client base near DePaul University and the Lincoln Park lakefront corridor who need a professional web presence before their first consultation.
Therapists and specialty practitioners opening private practices near Sheffield, Webster, or Lincoln Avenue who need to be findable and credible online before word of mouth takes hold.
Boutiques and specialty retailers opening on Armitage or Webster who need an online presence that reflects the quality of their physical store.
Pet care professionals, tutors, and neighborhood service providers serving Lincoln Park's dense residential streets who need a professional site that converts search traffic to inquiries.
Creative professionals and consultants based in Lincoln Park who need a portfolio or credential site they can share with potential clients before any meeting.
New nonprofit organizations and community groups operating in the Lincoln Park area that need a clean, credible web presence for donor and volunteer outreach.
What to Expect
The three-day process is structured to minimize your time investment while we do the heavy work.
Day 1: Discovery and Design. You complete a brief intake form about your business, audience, preferences, and any existing brand materials. We review it, establish a design direction, and begin building the site structure. If you have a logo, colors, and photos ready, design starts immediately.
Day 2: Build and Preview. All five pages built, contact form integrated, images optimized, SEO elements configured, analytics connected. You receive a preview link. Feedback is incorporated the same day.
Day 3: Launch. Final revisions complete. We configure your domain, enable SSL, run mobile and performance testing, verify form delivery, and push the site live. You receive a walkthrough of how to request changes going forward.
