Sunday, March 1, 2009

Cupertino California

Cupertino, California is a suburban city in Santa Clara County Valley, California, directly west of San Jose on the Western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, as well as at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay. The town holds 50,546 People.

Sports Center
Fitness Center
LifeFitness cardio equipment
Star Trec strength training equipment
Expanded free weight area
child watch
Personal Training
Full survice pro shop
Teen center
Basketball, Table tennis, racquetball, volleyball, Badminton, Tennis
Pilates, Yoga, Body Sculpting, Circuit Training, Core Conditioning, Aerobics
Festivals and Events
Cupertino Farmer’s Market
Lunar New year Unity Parade
Big Bunny Fun Run
The Cherry Blossom Festival
CREST Awards
Summer Concert Series
Tree Shakespeare in the Park
Cinema at Sundown
Fall Festival
Tournament of Bands
Community Tree Lighting
Breakfast With Santa
Public Art
Fine Arts Grants
Distinguished Artists
The Fine Arts Commission
Lots of Fine Art displays through out the Town
Parks and Recreation
“The city of Cupertino Parks and Recreation Department is committed to providing opportunities, resources, and services t the community to enhance the quality of people's lives through recreational, educational, and cultural experiences”

City Parks
Blackberry Farm
Cali Mill Plaza
Creekside Park
Hoover Park
Jollyman Park
Linda Vista Park
McClellan Ranch Park
Memorial Park
Monta Vista park
Portal Park
Somerset Square Park
Three Oaks Park
Varian Park
Wilson Park
What To See
Cupertino historical Museum
California History Center and foundation
Planetarium at De Anza
Flint Center for the Performing Arts
De Anza College
City Hall
Cupertino Library
See an show at Flint Center of Performing Arts
-The pirmary economic activity was fruit agriculture. Almost all of the land within Cupertino’s present-day boundries were covered by prune, plum, apricot, and cherry orchards.
-In the 1960’s this all turned in VALLCO Park (A large business and industrial park)
-In 1967 De Anza Community College opened. Now around 22,000 students attend. Other Colleges in the area and The University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of San Francisco. These are both satellite.
-The city is the “heart” of Silicon Valley, as many semi-conductor and computer companies were founded here.
Hewlett-Packard, Trend Micro, Packeteer, Chordiant, Portal Software and Symantec, IBM, MySQL and Sun Microsystems.
These are mostly headquarters, very little manufacturing actually takes place in the city
-One of the major employers in the area is the aggregate rock quarry and cement plant
-Cupertino is the default location for the weather application on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, This is because the Apple inc.
-Visiting Cupertino- A Short drive can take you south to san Jose and the Campuses of the World’s leading technology firms, north to Sand Francisco and the Bay, or West to the redwoods of the peninsula and the shores of the Pacific.
-One of the friendliest climates in the U.S.
-150 Acres of Parkland including a 9-hole golf course (most affordable)
-Wide Range of Restaurants from around the world.

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