[JohnBee]

I'm looking for an experienced coder to write vB3 modifications for the site.

I don't see what you would need a coder for, there are more modifications right here
ready to add than you would ever need, couple this with template mods and the sky
is the limit. (no coder needed)

As far as your community look and feel you should look at vBadvanced CMS it can
easilly do that and more.

imo. you would benefit the most from learning yourself this way you won't have to
rely on someone for any changes in the future otherwise you will always be out of
the loop in the site design. With vBadvanced you can have a tightly intergrated
community right out of the box, if you know HTML you can take it much further.

good luck