The residents, businesses, and visitors of the city of Sunnyvale take great pride in being a part of this progressive, well-managed Silicon Valley community. Its beautiful, suburban setting and highest quality services, combined with a low crime rate, good schools and an acclaimed park system, have consistently garnered the city recognition, both nationally and internationally, as being an excellent place to raise a family and an equally good city in which to do business.
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Every time you dine out at a Sunnyvale restaurant, purchase a car at a Sunnyvale dealership, rent movies at a Sunnyvale video store or buy any item in Sunnyvale, you're helping the City provide our nationally recognized public services. Every dollar you spend in Sunnyvale directly benefits city services. We can all feel safe, drive on clean, well maintained and lighted streets, relax in our community's beautiful parks and enjoy many other city services, all because of you and our community's valuable businesses. The 9,400 retailers, hotels, restaurants, corporations and home-based businesses located in our City contribute 70% of total revenues to the Sunnyvale General Fund. That's about $63 million annually. So let's keep making our community one of the best in the nation.
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Location
The quality of the labor market in Santa Clara County cannot be matched by any region on the world in terms of education, training and experience in a wide range of technologies.
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Workforce Development
NOVA, administered by the City for Silicon Valley, provides a seamless, one-stop service for Bay Area employers at the CONNECT! Employer Service Center who need to develop specific employee assessment and training, out-placement assistance, employment development planning and training. Bay Area job seekers may access the CONNECT! Job Seeker Center for an array of re-employment services. NOVA has been recognized by the President of the United States and the U.S. Department of Labor as an innovative and effective example for workforce development programs throughout the nation. To learn about all of NOVA's services go to: NOVA
Education
The Sunnyvale School District is comprised of eight K-5 elementary schools and two grades 6-8 middle schools. The district serves approximately 6,000 students representing many different languages. The ethnic and cultural diversity of Sunnyvale School District is a direct reflection of the cosmopolitan nature of Silicon Valley. The district has no ethnic majority. Student test scores are among the top quartile of the national averages in each school.
Citizens and parents are extensively involved and welcomed in the oversight of our schools. Their input is received through such committees as school site councils, parent-teacher associations, and strategic planning committees. Support from local companies offer resources for the extra boost often necessary for students to exceed expected levels of achievement. These collaborative efforts are a key to the Sunnyvale School District's success story.
Transportation
Sunnyvale is a commute and intermodal transit hub for the CalTrain commuter rail, Amtrak rail, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), VTA Light Rail Service, as well as the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Greyhound bus lines. Located at the crossroads of four of the South Bay's major freeway and expressway transportation corridors. The San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland airports are all within easy, direct freeway access.
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Public Safety
Sunnyvale has consistently had one of the lowest crime rates of cities with populations over 100,000 and was most recently ranked as 5th safest city in the U.S. by Money Magazine.
Sunnyvale's unusual combined fire/police public safety service achieves these results at far lower cost than found in most communities.
A Class II fire insurance rating reduces the cost of fire insurance, and fire prevention and emergency preparedness assistance is sensitive to and ready to serve the unique needs of the Silicon Valley high tech business community
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Parks & Recreation
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Sunnyvale Performing Arts Center
Performances are held at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. Tickets and information on theatre events are available by calling the box office at:
(408) 733-6611.
Box Office Hours: Monday-Friday 4:30-6:30pm and two hours before all performances (except California Theatre Center's Children Series - Box Office opens 1/2 hour before each performance). May 10 - July 25--Summer Box Office opens 1 hour before each performance. (408) 720-0873