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With $61 million in Construction Projects planned this will be one of the largest development projects in the United States.
Orange County Great Park Board Corporation Chair Larry Agran delivered his fourth annual State of the Great Park address and his focus was on another Great Park milestone ?EUR??,,????'?????<???(R) the upcoming development of 500 acres of the Park. With the funding already in place, the Great Park Board, followed by the City Council, will consider the project as beginning in September.
The Orange County Great Park is one of the largest development projects of its kind in the United States. We will be putting thousands of people to work when work is desperately needed.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
?EUR??,,????'?????<?Last year, attendance exceeded 150,000 people. With the addition of Cirque du Soleil, the Great Park Community Farm and certain features of the Sports Park, plus natural growth in Park attendance, we expect the annual number of Park visitors to reach 300,000.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
Great Park visitors will see on-the-ground additions and signs of more things to come in the Preview Park. They will enjoy five large, 40-year-old shade-generating elm trees recently transplanted to the Preview Park?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s lawn area from the El Toro military property. This tree rescue program will transplant 600 trees. It is part of the most ambitious tree-rescue program under way in the United States. In addition tree planting will include the gift of 5,000 Valencia orange trees donated by Joan Havajian and the Great Park Conservancy. This will be the largest planting of orange trees in Orange County in the past 30 years.
There will be further renovation of Historic Hangar 244. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, who recognized the historical significance of the Hangar, secured $470,000 in federal funds to accelerate the Hangar?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s restoration while preserving the military history of El Toro as part of the Great Park. Recently, the Great Park acquired two aircraft emblematic of the World War II era aviation training mission that characterized the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro.
?EUR??,,????'?????<?There is a strong precedent for federal investment in parks and recreation areas in order to stimulate economic recovery. During the 1930s, thousands of Americans were put to work building and improving California?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s great metropolitan parks ?EUR??,,????'?????<???(R) San Francisco?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?s Golden Gate Park, Los Angeles?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR? Griffith Park, and Balboa Park in San Diego,?EUR??,,????'?????<? said Agran, ?EUR??,,????'?????<?We are urging President Obama to consider the Great Park for economic stimulus funds. We have ample resources for the 500-acre development plan, but federal funds would enable us to accelerate our construction schedule and put more people to work.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
In addition, Agran concluded, ?EUR??,,????'?????<?I?EUR??,,????'?????<???EUR?ve asked Great Park CEO Mike Ellzey to establish a workers registry to record the name and work history of each and every individual making a significant contribution to the design, construction and initial operation of our Great Park.
Together, we can and we will restore and reshape the landscape of our region, and we will transfigure the history of Orange County for ourselves and for the lasting benefit of generations to come.?EUR??,,????'?????<?
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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