About This Website
Osterville is one of the villages of Barnstable on Cape Cod, known for its harbor, beaches and a walkable village center full of independent shops and restaurants. ostervillevillage.com is the shared home of two groups that look after it: the Osterville Village Association (OVA) and the Osterville Business & Professional Association (OBPA). This page explains who built the site and how it serves residents, visitors and member businesses.
Who designed and built ostervillevillage.com?
ostervillevillage.com was designed, built and is maintained by COLEwebdev, a Cape Cod web design studio that works with village associations, chambers, nonprofits and local businesses. COLEwebdev handles the design, WordPress development, hosting and ongoing updates, so OVA and OBPA volunteers can spend their time on the village instead of the website. It is a good example of website design for village associations and local business groups, where one site has to speak to several audiences at once.
What the website is designed to do
- Welcome visitors to the village. Discover Osterville covers beaches and ponds, boating and walks, biking and fishing, and the online Experience Osterville guidebook can be flipped through like the printed copy.
- Send people to local businesses. The business directory lists OBPA members so visitors can find shops, restaurants and services in the village.
- Keep the community calendar in one place. The events calendar shows what is happening in Osterville, and anyone can submit an event.
- Support two member organizations. The Osterville Village Association pages cover membership, meetings, news and the college scholarship, while the OBPA pages cover membership and benefits and special events.
- Answer local questions. About Osterville and resources give residents and newcomers the basics.
How the site is built
The site runs on WordPress with the Divi builder and a custom COLEwebdev child theme. COLEwebdev handled the WordPress development for member organizations, including the member directory and login, the flipbook guidebook and the event submission flow, so volunteers can manage members and events without touching code.
The site is served from secure, managed WordPress hosting for community organizations with edge caching, backups and security monitoring. COLEwebdev also provides website updates and support for volunteer-run groups, keeping WordPress and plugins current and helping with seasonal updates like the new guidebook each year.
Built for search engines and AI assistants
Visitors increasingly ask search engines and AI assistants things like “what is there to do in Osterville?” or “where can I go boating in Osterville?”. ostervillevillage.com uses clear page titles, one topic per page, plain-language descriptions and structured data, so search engines and AI tools can give accurate answers and point people to the village’s own pages and businesses.
Work with COLEwebdev
If your village association, chamber or business group needs a website that promotes your town and supports your members, you can see more Cape Cod community websites by COLEwebdev or request a website quote from COLEwebdev. You can also learn more at colewebdev.com.