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Quick, take this quiz: Michelle LeMichelle Le Michelle Le Michelle 1) Who named Mountain View and when? 2) When was the city incorporated? 3) When did Google move to Mountain View? outdoors & recreation | 14 (Answers: #1 — Jacob Shumway in 1852; #2 — 1902; #3 — 1999) This year’s INFO is chockfull of handy tidbits, from historical trivia to modern demographics, from lists of where to take the kids on outings to where to have a senior lunch. Mountain View’s breadth of organizations, schools, recreational opportunities and arts groups are well represented here. There’s much to enjoy and much to learn about this vibrant Silicon Valley community. Of course, space in print is always limited. To access even more information, visit www.mv-voice.com (click on “Community Resources”). Extensive information online is also available about surrounding communities, including Stanford, Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Our cover photo this year — kids sailing at Shoreline Lake Aquatic Center — was shot by Photo Intern Nick Gonzales. If you’ve got content suggestions for next year, please email [email protected]. We appreciate your feedback. kids | 29 Carol Blitzer Editor, INFO Mountain View Inside info By the Numbers ...............................6 Kids .....................................................29 Arts & Entertainment ....................8 Community .....................................33 City Map ...........................................13 Quick Reference ............................36 Outdoors & Recreation ...............14 Public Officials ................................37 Education .........................................20 Index ..................................................38 community | 33 www.MountainViewOnline.com Info Mountain Views 5 FACTS AND STATISTICS ON MOUNTAIN VIEW Black: 2.2% Average monthly (asking) rent (2011): Hispanic: 21.7% $1,636 (one bedroom, one bath)** Asian/Pacific Islander: 26.5% Median monthly rent (2000): $1,679 (one bedroom, one bath)** Other: 9.8% (Source: Census 2000; *Silicon Valley Racial/ethnic breakdown (1990): Association of REALTORS™ from White: 64.5% MLSListings Inc.; **RealFacts Black: 4.7% Hispanic: 16% Business Asian/Pacific Islander: 14.1 Commercial and industrial space Other: .5% (2000): 30 million sq. ft. (Sources: U.S. Census, Community Services Total Assessed Valuation (Jan. 1, at City of Mountain View, Mountain View 2011): $16.28 billion* Housing Element Update 2009) (Source: Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office) Education and income Climate Median household income (2007): $82,904 Hottest day in city history: June 14, Male FT year-round workers: $76,866 2000 (106 degrees) Female FT year-round workers: Coldest day in city history: Jan. 5, 1949 Michelle Le Michelle $60,954 (21 degrees) Adults with bachelor’s degree or (Source: Western Regional Climate Center, higher (2007): 27.9% Reno, NV — Moffett Field) (Sources: U.S. Census, ABAG) Miscellaneous The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts opened in 1991. Housing Mean travel time to work: 21.1 minutes Total Households (2010): 31,957 Number of Mtn. View residents who walk to work: 885 Total Households (1990): 31,487 City facts Miles of city-maintained streets: 139.9 Number of Mtn. View residents who Average household size (2010): 2.31 Acres of city parks: 188 work at home: 1,683 Year incorporated: 1902 Average household size (1990): 2.23 Acres of city-owned open space: 775 Number of Mtn. View residences who Square miles: 12 (includes Shoreline) Single-family housing (2000): 12,848 use public transportation (including 2011-12 city General Operating Fund City-maintained trees: 28,500 (street, Median home price (2011, through taxicabs): 2,231 budget: $93.5 million park and median) June)*: $982,500 (single family) Language spoken at home (5 years City employees: 609.25 Sister cities: Hasselt, Belgium; Iwata, Median home price (2010, through and older): Sworn police safety officers: 95 Japan June)*: $907,000 (single family) English only: 56.2% Fire stations: 5 Median home price (1990): $342,700 Language other than English: 43.8% (single family) Fire Department employees: 88.5 People Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; American Libraries: 1 Median age (2010): 35.9 Median condo price (2011, through Community Survey; Association of Median age (1990): 32.8 June): $495,000 Bay Area Governments; Silicon Valley Vital signs Seniors - 65 and older (2010): 10.6% Median condo price (2010, through Association of Realtors (from RE InfoLink); June): $557,500 City of Mountain View; Office of the County Population (2010): 74,066 Seniors - 65 and older (1990): 9.8% Average monthly (asking) rent (2011): Assessor, Santa Clara County; RealFacts; Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): Population (1990): 67,460 $2,279 (two bedroom, two bath)** California Department of Finance) Parks: 33, plus one Regional Park White: 56% Historic firsts First railroad station: 1864 NASA lab established: 1939 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts opens: 1991 Mariano Castro, the Father of Mtn. Chinese community establishes in Slater School opens: 1956 View, establishes Rancho Pastoria Mtn. View: circa 1882 William Shockley co-invents Naval Air Station closed: 1992 de los Borregas: 1851 Mountain View incorporated as a transistor: 1947 Light rail line opened: 1999 Mountain View named by pioneer city: 1902 William Shockley wins Nobel Prize in Google moved to Mountain View: 1999 Jacob Shumway and others at Carr’s First Free Library established by the physics: 1956 New library opened: 1999 General Store: 1852 Women’s Club: 1904 The birth of Silicon Valley: 1956 Mountain View celebrates First Post Office:Jan. 18, 1854 Pacific Press opens establishing First plans for Shoreline Park drawn Centennial: 2002 First School: 1854 Seventh Day Adventist community: up: 1958 1904 Computer History Museum opens in Weilheimer General Store Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby co- Mtn.View: 2003 established: 1874 First town hall and jail: 1909 invent integrated circuit: 1959