diff --git a/_sass/_custom.scss b/_sass/_custom.scss
index f3557b4..6e2d0d6 100644
--- a/_sass/_custom.scss
+++ b/_sass/_custom.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ img.zeal {
     max-width: 708px;
   }
 }
+
+span.left-pad {
+  padding-left: 20px;
+}
 div.post-entry-title {
   @include font-size(18);
   color: $primary-color;
diff --git a/_sass/_masthead.scss b/_sass/_masthead.scss
index c610142..d236979 100644
--- a/_sass/_masthead.scss
+++ b/_sass/_masthead.scss
@@ -71,12 +71,21 @@
 
 .site-description {
   margin-top: 0;
-  font-family: $alt-font;
+  // font-family: $alt-font;
   @include font-size(16);
   font-weight: 400;
-  font-style: italic;
 
   @include media($medium) {
     @include font-size(20);
   }
 }
+
+blockquote.roadmap {
+  padding-left: 5px;
+  border-left: 0;
+
+  @include media($medium) {
+    padding: 20px 40px;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/index.md b/index.md
index 72ff60e..977741a 100644
--- a/index.md
+++ b/index.md
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ excerpt: "  The Zcash Foundation is a financial privacy nonprofit. Our mission i
 search_omit: true
 ---
 
-<h2 class="site-description" itemprop="description">
-  {{ page.excerpt }}
-</h2>
+<p class="site-description" itemprop="description">The Zcash Foundation is a <a href="/about/incorporation-docs" target="_blank">501(c)3 nonprofit</a> that focuses on financial privacy. <a href="/about/#mission" target="_blank">Our mission</a> is to build internet payment and privacy infrastructure for the public good.
+<br /><br />
+We serve the users of the <a href="/resources/Zcash%20onepager%20color.pdf" target="_blank">Zcash</a> protocol and blockchain. The Foundation also supports other applications of <a href="https://zkp.science/" target="_blank">zero-knowledge cryptography</a>, as well as alternate approaches to private cryptocurrency.</p>
 
-## Newsletter
+<blockquote class="roadmap"><a href="/about/2018-vision">"Successful execution of this strategy will lead to a more resilient Zcash protocol, a better informed community, and more grassroots support for privacy in payments." <br /><span class="left-pad"></span>— 2018 roadmap</a></blockquote>
 
-Subscribe to receive announcements and program updates from the Zcash Foundation.
 
 <form
   action="https://buttondown.email/api/emails/embed-subscribe/zcashfoundation"