One of the best-run cities in America means Irvine is one of the best places in which to live, work, and play. From jobs-to-population ratio – more than 200,000 jobs in a city of more than 260,000 residents – to a public school system second to none (and supported financially by the Irvine City Council), there is no place like this home.
- 2018 Guide to Irvine (Open in new window)
- Irvine’s Economic Development
- Irvine is Beautiful (Open in new window)
- One-third of Irvine’s 66 square miles is permanent open space (stay tuned for ICTV’s video!)
- The 1,300-acre Orange County Great Park is one of the largest parkland development projects currently underway
- Amazon HQ2 proposal from 2017 (Open in new window)
From Irvine's partners:
- Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce: Destination Irvine (Open in new window)
- Orange County Business Council: Four Core Initiatives (Open in new window)
- Irvine Unified School District (Open in new window)
- Tustin Unified School District (Open in new window)
- UC Irvine (Open in new window)
Innovation locations:
- The Cove at UC Irvine: Ecosystem and Entrepreneurial Community (Open in new window)
- The Vine: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Open in new window)
- OCTANe Annual Impact Report: Overview of Region’s Tech Growth (Open in new window)
- SustainOC: Accelerating Sustainability and Economic Growth (Open in new window)
Other videos:
- Orange County Business Council: The Game Changers (Open in new window)
- Blizzard Entertainment: Living in Orange County (Open in new window)
- Orange County Visitors Association (Open in new window)
Awards and shout-outs from 2017 and 2018
2017
- Annual Report: City of Irvine’s Organic Pesticides Program
- Organic Leadership Award was presented to the City of Irvine by Beyond Pesticides and Pepperdine University for the adoption of Irvine’s Integrated Pest Management Policy (Open in new window).
- Irvine ranked #1 Major City in Fiscal Strength (Open in new window) by The Fiscal Times.
- Sunset Magazine ranked Irvine as one of the Best Places to Live 2017 in highlighting its 20 Western Dream Towns.
- The Trust for Public Land ranked Irvine’s park system the 7th Best Park System in the U.S. (Open in new window) based on acreage, facilities and investment, and access.
- Irvine ranked 3rd Most Prosperous City (Open in new window) among the nation’s 100 largest, according to a study by the Economic Innovation Group, as reported by the Orange County Register.
- Irvine ranked 5th Most Livable City (Open in new window) in the U.S. by SmartAsset based on several factors including safety and access to jobs.
2018
- Irvine received the 2017 Award of Excellence for Facility Design from the California Park & Recreation Society (Open in new window) for Quail Hill Community Center.
- Irvine ranked #15 on Livability.com’s list for the 2018 Top 100 Best Places to Live (Open in new window) list based on our parks and open space, strong local economy, access to medical facilities and low crime rates.
- The City of Irvine received the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) award for Excellence in Financial (Open in new window)Reporting (Open in new window)for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
- The City received two other prestigious awards for the financial report: The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award honoring the City’s commitment to the highest principles of governmental budgeting, and the award for Excellence in Operational Budget (Open in new window) from the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers.