News Archive

Spirited Crowd Dances to Motown Classics At First Ever Great Park Night Flight Dance Party AT&T Sponsors Great Park Dance Parties

AUGUST 8, 2008 – IRVINE, California – A high-energy, tight-paced, power-filled night of rhythm and blues entertained more than 1,000 people at the first ever Orange County Great Park Night Flight dance… Read More

Good Time Rock and Roll Launches Great Park Summer Night Flight Series

AUGUST 2, 2008 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park came alive tonight with good time rock and roll and surf ballads sung by the popular 70s Orange County rock… Read More

Irvine Mayor and Great Park Vice Chair Michael Pinto to Address Environmental Coalition

JULY 11, 2008 – IRVINE, California – Irvine Mayor Beth Krom and Great Park Corporation Vice Chair Michael Pinto will address a special meeting of the Environmental Coalition for the Orange County… Read More

Great Park Planners Seek Advice from Community Cultural Leaders

JUNE 25, 2008 – IRVINE, California – Orange County Great Park planners are seeking insight from local artists and leaders of arts and cultural organizations at a special planning session Friday, June… Read More

Great Park Programs Move Forward

JUNE 20, 2008 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park Corporation Board today moved several
priority Park Programs into the next phase of the planning process.

Programs moving forward are: Agriculture and… Read More

2008 APA Focused Planning Issue Award

American Planning Association (Orange County Chapter)

The focused issued planning award is for planning documents of unusually high merit completed in the past three years dealing with specific aspects of the planning processes.

The Orange County chapter… Read More

Senator Boxer Visits Great Park and Announces Her Support Obtaining Federal Funds for Great Park Projects

MAY 27, 2008 – IRVINE, California – United States Senator Barbara Boxer today visited the Orange County Great Park and received a briefing on redevelopment plans from Master Designer Ken Smith and… Read More

Great Park Balloon to Fly in July

MAY 21, 2008 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park Corporation has received the certificate of wavier from the Federal Aviation Administration to resume flights of the Great Park Balloon.… Read More

FAA Tests Great Park Balloon

MAY 15, 2008 – IRVINE, California – The Orange County Great Park Corporation announced today that Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials participated in a series of Balloon flights in order to observe… Read More

ASLA 2008 Professional Award of Honor

April 28, 2008 – IRVINE, California – The American Society of Landscape Architects has selected the Orange County Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan – titled  “A Vision for the Great Park… Read More