Making History: Orange County Great Park Open House and Free Balloon Rides—12/1/07 and 12/2/07

November 30, 2007 by Redfin Blogger

Updated on September 13th, 2021

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Be a part of history and participate in the transformation of the former El Toro Marine base into the first great metropolitan park of the 21st century, the Orange County Great Park. You can do that by attending the open house being held this weekend at the Great Park balloon site or filling out an online survey.

COURTESY THE GREAT PARK CORPORATION
This graphic of the proposed design for the Orange County Great Park shows how
the master plan incorporated the former runways into the Park design.

In addition to asking the Great Park Design Team questions about their plans for the Orange County Great Park, which is about twice the size of New York’s Central Park, you are encouraged to give your opinions on what you would like to see in this park. For example, what would you like to see for items such as Sports and Recreation, Festivals and Events, Ecology and Nature, Historic Preservation, Cultural and Social Institutions and Activities. You can also take a free ride on the Great Park balloon (the balloon rides are an ongoing feature of the Park and are currently free).

This open house and online survey give you an opportunity to help guide the development of the Great Park, which is a public-private partnership between the City of Irvine and homebuilder Lennar Corporation.

So you are invited to attend the open house at the following times and location:

When: December 1st and 2nd, from 10 am to 2 pm
Where: Great Park Balloon Site (Directions)

If you are can’t make the open house, you can still participate by taking an online survey that will be available from December 1st – 8th. For more information on the open house and online survey, call 949/724-7420.

Just as history was made when New York Central Park was designed and developed in a previous century, the design and development of the Orange County Great Park will make history in this century. And it is all in your backyard. So join in. Be a part of history!

For more information on the Orange County Great Park, see the websites for the Orange County Great Park Corporation and the Great Park Conservancy, as well as the wikipedia’s article on the Orange County Great Park and marketwatch.com’s article titled Great Park on Schedule.

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