Inside Irvine Winter 2024-25

City Priorities

CicloIrvine Event Returns to Irvine in 2025

City Recognized for Procurement Excellence

In May, Irvine hosted its first-ever car-free open streets event, CicloIrvine. The event was a massive success, with an estimated 10,000 attendees experiencing our City’s public spaces and local businesses in a new and innovative way. People were able to stroll, bike, and roll through nearly two miles of City streets closed to cars while enjoying food, live music, art, and engaging activities. The City is proud to bring the second annual occurrence of this event back to Irvine in 2025. The temporary reimagining of public space made possible by CicloIrvine promotes healthy, sustainable modes of transportation and fosters a greater sense of community for Irvine residents and businesses. The Irvine City Council formally established Cicolrvine as an annual event at its July 23 meeting. A date for the 2025 event and a route are in the works. Check cityofirvine.org/cicloirvine regularly for more information about this upcoming event.

a total of 198 successful applicants honored for embracing innovation, professionalism, productivity, leadership, and e-procurement. For more information about purchasing within the City of Irvine, please visit cityofirvine.org/purchasing .

The City of Irvine has once again been recognized nationally for utilizing best practices in public procurement. For the 19th consecutive year, the City’s Administrative Services Department has received the prestigious annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) award from the National Procurement Institute (NPI). The award recognizes the City’s innovation, professionalism, productivity, and leadership in its commitment to acquiring quality goods and services at the best value to the City. The AEP program encourages the development of excellence as well as continued organizational improvement to earn the award annually. For 2024, the City of Irvine was one of only 72 cities from across the United States and Canada to receive the award. Irvine was one of 48 agencies in California, and the only city in Orange County awarded this honor. There was

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Inside Irvine

Winter 2024–25

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