The social media connection program aims to engage people with county government and to provide them with information they can use, such as road closures.

Since his last update to County Board members in May, Nagel said the initiative's total reach has grown to about 13,000 – a number that includes about 3,100 followers on WordPress, more than 1,600 followers on Facebook and 171 followers on Twitter. Additionally, he said, the WordPress site had more than 17,700 visitors and more than 50,600 page views in July.

"I cannot express how happy I am with these numbers," he told the Executive Committee Wednesday.