Portland, OR-9/18/08- Leading west coast interactive and branding firm, the Overland Agency, has been recognized by the international WebAwards (www.webaward.org) for three of their recent website projects. Alta Planning and Design (www.altaplanning.com) , Mt. Hood Habitat for Humanity and Legend Homes (www.legendhomes.com) have all received Standard of Excellence Awards under the Transportation, Non-Profit, and Homebuilding categories respectively. Other recent awards for the Overland Agency include platinum, silver, and gold awards in such competitions as the Interactive Media Awards, Webby Awards, and W3 Awards for such work as customer and B2B websites, online demos, and a documentary film.

Alta Planning and Design, who specialize in designing pedestrian and bike trails, needed an effective online way to showcase their capabilities to their clients and the public. Overland created a colorful website with a Flash-powered intro, complete with examples of real-world projects. Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that seeks to eliminate substandard housing, was also seeking to gain a powerful online presence. Overland developed a compelling (pro bono) site to engage multiple new audiences and give them an in-depth view of projects, achievements, and ways to get involved. Lastly, Legend Homes, which offers affordable and sustainable homes in the Portland area, needed an online presence to effectively showcase their wide variety of homes for sale. Overland created a website, which highlights the Legend product line and allows users to search homes by desired neighborhood.

About the Awards
Now in its 12th year, the Web Awards (www.webaward.org) is the premier annual website award competition that names the best websites in 96 industries, while setting the standard of excellence for all website development.  The Web Marketing Association, which was founded in 1997, is the producer of the competition.

About The Overland Agency
The Overland Agency is an award-winning Portland, Oregon-based brand marketing and interactive agency with deep capabilities in web design and development that combines high-level strategic consulting with smart, passionate creative execution. The agency serves as an online integrated marketing partner: an ad agency, web development shop, search-optimization consultancy, and brand specialists within one company. Clients include adidas (OTC: ADDDF.PK), Aegon Insurance (NYSE:AEG), Dolphin Software, Extensis, Fila (NYSE:FLH), LightSPEED Technologies, Merix (NASDAQ:MERX), and Volt Information Sciences (NYSE:VOL). The agency also does pro bono work for such groups as the Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.