Thousands of Irvine Residents Celebrated Summer Together

by ICNV Staff

This summer, thousands of Irvine residents attended the free events hosted by the City — including CicloIrvine, a community swim lesson, art exhibits at the Great Park, a community event featuring the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team, the City’s Homecoming Dance, five outdoor concerts at Hicks Canyon Community Park, four movies under the stars at Mike Ward Community Park, the Studio Arts Festival, and a community bike ride.

Residents also showed up in force to support a variety of community projects — harvesting fruits & vegetables for our local food banks, participating in the City’s mobility summit, donating items for local military families, dropping off supplies at the Irvine Animal Care Center, honoring our City’s veterans, and attending the one-year anniversary celebration of our new Irvine Public Library System.

Recently, Mayor Larry Agran said: “What I like most about Irvine is our residents. According to census data, Irvine is now the most culturally diverse and completely integrated city in America. That didn’t happen by accident. Decades ago, we instituted policies and programs that encouraged and welcomed families from throughout America and the world to settle here in Irvine, which helped to create our close-knit community. As Mayor, I see our City’s kindness every day in the actions of our amazing residents. Although there is great division in our nation right now, my office is working on new programs to bring people together in order to accomplish a goal that we can all embrace: Let’s make Irvine the Kindest City in America!”