Great Park Corporation Seeks Children’s View

Children from Irvine and Tustin invited to share visual and verbal views about what makes a Great Park

JUNE 1, 2005 – IRVINE, California – Who knows better about what goes in a park than a 10 year old? The Orange County Great Park Corporation is seeking the visual and verbal suggestions of dozens of children from Irvine and Tustin as part of the planning process to come up with “great” ideas about what makes a Great Park.

“Young people will have views that we can use to make sure the Great Park will be constructed to appeal to kids as well as adults,” said Larry Agran, Chair, Great Park Corporation. “It is our goal to encourage and involve people of all ages seniors, middle age and young, in the Great Park planning process.”

The goal in designing the Orange County Great Park is to meet the needs of all Orange County residents. Public participation will be integrated into
every step of the design process. Planning sessions and focus group sessions
for children to provide visual and verbal input into planning the Great Park
are being formed now. There will be two one-hour sessions of up to 25 youth
in each session.

Any child who would like to participate should contact Mitzi Dudley and RSVP at 949-476-9064.

Locations, Dates and Times:

Grades 1–5
Saturday, June 11, 2005, 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Lakeview Senior Center
20 Lake Rd, Irvine, CA

Grades 6–8
Saturday, June 11, 2005, 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Lakeview Senior Center
20 Lake Rd, Irvine, CA

Grades 9–12
Thursday, June 16, 2005, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Lakeview Senior Center
20 Lake Rd, Irvine, CA

Upon completion, the Orange County Great Park will be the transformation of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro into a major metropolitan park that will be the focal point of redevelopment of a military facility designated for closure more than a decade ago. The redevelopment of more than 3,700 acres of land in the geographic center of Orange County will represent a unique partnership between the local Irvine California community, the federal government and a private landowner, the Lennar Corporation. In addition to the 1,370-acre, publicly owned Great Park, the former El Toro base will include residential, business and retail uses developed by Lennar, an educational campus, wildlife corridors, and other public recreation uses. The Great Park itself is being planned and developed by the Orange County Great Park Corporation.

Press Contacts:
Maryann Maloney
(949) 375-0856