Portland, OR – May 27, 2009 – Leading West Coast interactive and branding firm, the Overland Agency, has been recognized with two Website Awards of Distinction from the Communicator Awards for the Alta Planning and Design website and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center website. The Alta site (www.altaplanning.com) won in the transportation category, and the Cold Climate site (www.cchrc.org) won under the green/eco-friendly category. The awards mark the fourth and fifth Communicator awards won by Overland. Other recent awards for the Overland Agency include platinum, silver, and gold awards from the Interactive Media Awards, WebAwards, and W3 Awards for interactive work ranging from websites, Flash-based demos, and a documentary film.

Alta Planning and Design specializes in designing pedestrian and bike trails internationally. The Cold Climate Housing Research Center is a nonprofit corporation that facilitates the development, use, and testing of energy-efficient and cost effective building technologies for Alaska and the world’s cold climate regions.

About the Awards
The Communicator Awards (www.communicatorawards.com) is a leading international awards program, which honors creative excellence for Communications Professionals. The Award of Distinction is presented for projects that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement.

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 Mutual of Omaha Insurance, IHS Dolphin Software, Extensis, Fila, Lightspeed Technologies, Nike, Stash Tea, and Volt Information Sciences. The agency also does pro bono work for such groups as the Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. More information is available at www.overlandagency.com.