Love Irvine: Celebrating the Success of CicloIrvine 2024
On May 4, 2024, the first running of CicloIrvine was another huge success, attracting thousands of residents who came together to celebrate community, connection, and clean air. The day was filled with live music, food, incredible performances, and vibrant local businesses, creating a festive atmosphere that highlighted the best of Irvine.
What is CicloIrvine?
CicloIrvine is the City of Irvine's first-ever car-free Open Streets Event, stretching 1.66 miles on Barranca Parkway and Harvard Avenue. This unique event underscores the City's commitment to community engagement, sustainability, and environmentally conscious travel. Nearly two miles of city streets were closed to cars and opened for people to stroll, bike, and roll, allowing attendees to experience Irvine’s public spaces and local businesses in a new and reimagined way. The event featured live music, art, and engaging activities for all, making it a memorable day for the Irvine community.
Love Irvine's Role in CicloIrvine
The success of CicloIrvine 2024 would not have been possible without groups like Love Irvine. Given the scale of the event, which involved major road closures and heavy foot traffic, Love Irvine played a crucial role by managing a major intersection to ensure everything ran smoothly. Our volunteers, sporting neon traffic vests and caution tape facilitated pedestrian intersection management and helped attendees navigate the streets safely. They acted as crossing guards and stewards, embodying the spirit of service and community that defines Love Irvine.
Partnership with CARS
Love Irvine partnered closely with the Community Arts Resources (CARS) team to bring CicloIrvine to life. This collaboration was a testament to the power of teamwork and shared vision, demonstrating how organizations come together to create meaningful and impactful events for the community.
Our Core Values in Action
CicloIrvine was another excellent example of Love Irvine putting our goals and core principles into practice:
Love: The core of everything we stand for (1 Corinthians 13).
Humility: The key to our vision being effective (Philippians 2:3).
Collaboration: A key aspect of what we do (Philippians 2:2).
Unity: The key to our mission being effective (John 17:23).
Relationship: It’s embedded into everything we do (Matthew 22:37-39).
Join the Love Irvine Community
Join the Love Irvine community and feel the satisfaction of giving back. Working with Love Irvine means becoming part of a network of passionate individuals dedicated to bettering our city. We are proud to offer volunteer opportunities for high school students and younger students, recognizing that volunteerism is highly educational and can provide invaluable experiences for kids of all ages.
Learn more about Love Irvine here and check out our events page to see what's coming up!
Together, we can continue to create purposeful events and citywide service initiatives that make a positive impact in Irvine. Thank you to everyone who participated in CicloIrvine 2024 and to all our dedicated volunteers. We look forward to many more successful events in the future!