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Discover who we are and why we’re so excited about what we do at www.esri.com/careers. Copyright © 2008 ESRI. All rights reserved. The ESRI globe logo, ESRI, and www.esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. ESRI is an Equal Opportunity Emplyer. Inside the Guide 2 WELCOME TO REDLANDS 2 ESRI’s Guide to Redlands 3 A Rich Heritage 5 Historic Redlands 6 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Photo courtesy of A.K. Smiley Public Library 6 Tourist and New Resident Information 9 Getting Around 10 Getting to Redlands 11 Map of Redlands 12 RESTAURANT GUIDE 12 Where to Eat 15 PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO 15 Redlands for Free 16 Parks and Open Spaces 17 Exercise and Recreation 18 Performing Arts 19 Shopping 19 Museums 1 20 DAY TRIPS 20 Visit with Nature in the Local Mountains 20 Areas of Interest Produced by ESRI, Redlands, California Copyright © 2008 ESRI. All rights reserved. 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All requests should be sent to ESRI, Attention: Contracts and Legal Services Manager, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 USA. Unless otherwise noted, all photos in this publication are by Eric Laycock and James Sorensen. ESRI’s Guide to Redlands Our Purpose The essence of Redlands as a small town does not, however, mean a lack This guide presents a unique view of culture or educational opportunity. of Redlands—and some of the most The University of Redlands, for example, interesting, appealing, entertaining, is an exceptional educational and cultural and relaxing things to do in and around institution. You can visit the university Redlands. We hope this information to hear a wide variety of convocational helps in planning a visit or a move to the speakers, to see art shows, to hear area. All telephone numbers that appear classical concerts, or to watch the in the guide fall under the 909 area code, breathtaking Feast of Lights in December. and all sites are located in Redlands, The university is a cornerstone of the unless otherwise noted. community, providing top-caliber Redlands—The Jewel of the undergraduate education as well as Inland Empire a high-quality graduate program. The School of Business offers evening CLOSE UP You’re out for a walk on a summer’s classes in business administration geared Welcome to ESRI, the world leader evening in Redlands. Strains of music toward working adults as well as one in geographic information system float up from a performance at the (GIS) technology. Founded in 1969 of the top teaching credential programs by Jack Dangermond—a Harvard- outdoor Redlands Bowl several blocks in California. trained landscape architect—and WELCOME away. A beautifully restored Victorian Redlands is one of the oldest his wife Laura, ESRI is a rapidly growing company with 2,500 home sits on the corner, and you hear communities in Southern California. It laughter from its open window. employees in the U.S., 1,800 of was settled in 1881 and incorporated in whom are based at our Redlands What kind of town is this, where 1888. It became a popular wintering spot headquarters. We have 10 regional TO free musical for wealthy East offices as well as a number of satellite offices throughout the programs have REDLANDS Coast residents, United States. been presented and from the Today, ESRI® software is installed to the public 1880s to the at more than 300,000 client sites for more than worldwide. Our goal is to provide 1950s it was public, private, and educational 80 years? Where also the heart organizations with a system that 2 one of the of the largest will allow them to accomplish tasks country’s largest more quickly and manage and use Photo courtesy of Bill Threatt navel orange- museums of geographic information more producing region in the world. From efficiently than with any other Abraham Lincoln memorabilia and the 1950s to the 1980s, the area was system. Our reputation is built artifacts is proudly maintained? What sort the home of Norton Air Force Base and on contributing our technical of town would pass a bond issue to buy knowledge, our special people, many military families. The town now and our valuable experience to open space for parks? Redlands is that boasts a mix of businesses ranging from the collection, analysis, and rarity—the small town that has the western headquarters of La-Z-Boy communication of geographic information. A large part of ESRI’s successfully blended past and present, to ESRI. From a population of less success is attributed to its diverse, modern and historic. This is the kind of than 6,000 at the turn of the century skilled employees who enjoy a place where you might stop to chat with to more than 70,000 today, Redlands unique, campus-like atmosphere, the mayor while shopping at the local has grown but still maintains its sense an outstanding benefits program, market or catch world-class bike racing at and a challenging, collaborative of place and history. work environment. the annual spring Bicycle Classic. A Rich Heritage From its very beginning more than a Albert and Alfred Smiley. These identical packing houses in Redlands. However, century ago, Redlands has fostered twin brothers from upstate New York are stretches of dark green citrus groves a strong sense of community values. known as the town’s “patron saints.” The can still be seen from the freeway while Its citizens have worked hard to create brothers graced Redlands with unusual entering Redlands, and the ideal climate institutions that reflect its high ideals for acts of philanthropy during their several provides residents with a perfect setting family, education, responsibility, and civic decades here. They paid to have the for growing a wide variety of fruits and pride. These, along with philanthropic city’s public library built in 1898, even vegetables in their own yards. behavior, are hallmarks of Redlands. borrowing money to have the building The majority of Redlands’ early residents completed. As Andrew Carnegie told his The Asistencia and the were from colder climates and wintered “dear and honored friend” Albert Smiley, Mission Fathers in the town to avoid the bitter weather “I have paid for hundreds of libraries At one point in the nineteenth century, of the East and Midwest. As a result, the to be built, but your philanthropy has the lands of the Mission San Gabriel area’s population swelled in the winter been a far greater labor of love—you stretched from Pasadena to Redlands. months and fell significantly during have borrowed money to complete your Because the distance was so great, the the hot summers. library. You have gone further than I Mission fathers felt a need to have an have.” The building, which is still used outpost, or “assistance” post, at the outer Engineer and Stockbroker: as the public library, has a place on the reaches of their holdings. The Asistencia A Winning Combination National Register of Historic Places and was begun around 1830 and was an is a designated California State landmark. Frank E. Brown and Edward G. Judson, estancia associated with the Mission the founders of Redlands, arrived in San Gabriel. Today, it is a historic site WELCOME The World’s Navel Orange Capital the area in 1877 from Connecticut and with displays and regular programs. New York, respectively. Brown was a civil While the philanthropic Smileys Mission influence is also seen today in engineer, and Judson was a stockbroker. contributed to Redlands’ image as a the Mill Creek Zanja, the irrigation ditch TO They were instrumental in developing small but well-to-do community, it built between 1819 and 1820 by Mission Redlands. The most significant achievement was the citrus industry that had the Indians. It meanders through Redlands, REDLANDS of those early years may have been Brown’s most significant impact on the town.