Those folders are links to projects that have been started with an area in the state. To the right of those folders is a section that displays any messages from any communities with which the company has already started a dialogue. To the right of that section is a portion of the page that helps make community responses much more manageable. That portion displays only new responses to the company's initial inquiry. You're saved the time of separating new responses from old.
Clutter is noticeably absent.
The accent is, correctly, on functionality. And that makes for a site on which navigation is fast and smooth. We should add a few caveats here. While that's certainly great for us, it's certainly not why we're reviewing this site. Moreover, it's not why we're giving it props.