 Santa Clara is a family oriented
and business friendly city in the center of Silicon Valley,
located in Santa Clara County at the southern tip of San Francisco
Bay, about 45 miles south of San Francisco. The City of Santa
Clara is in a strategic regional location convenient to freeways,
airports, railroads, expressways, light rail and other public
transportation. “The Mission City,” as Santa Clara
is known, was founded in 1852. It is now a community of about 114,200 residents with employment base of about 135,000.
With 19.3 square miles of tree-lined neighborhoods, thriving
commercial and industrial centers, and 300 days of sunshine
each year, it is an ideal location for individuals, families,
and businesses.
Explore California’s early
Spanish history at Mission Santa Clara de Asis, founded in
1777, on the beautiful campus of Santa
Clara University, the State’s oldest institution
of higher learning. Other points of interest and attractions
include Mission
College, the 100-acre Paramount’s
Great America theme park, an award-winning Santa
Clara Convention Center, Triton
Museum of Art, the de
Saisset Museum, Intel
Museum, the headquarters and practice fields of the world
champion 49ers football team, and numerous shopping opportunities
such as Westfield
Shoppingtown - Valley Fair. For more information on attractions, hotels, and other points of interest, please visit the Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce and Convention-Visitors Bureau website.
 The City of Santa
Clara is not your typical Bay Area city. It’s better.
Voted one of ten All-America
Cities in the New Millennium by the National Civic
League, Santa Clara has a “High Tech, Human Touch,
H2” ™ approach to serving the community’s
needs.
It offers the region’s lowest combined utility costs
in the nine Bay Area counties, with savings of 30 to 40%
on electricity alone, and it is consistently rated one
of the most affordable cities in the nation for business.
Santa Clara is a Charter City with a Council/Manager form of government. The City’s
financial stability ensures the highest levels of citizen
and business service, low business taxes and solid real
estate value, and it is also one of the safest U.S. cities
with a population of 75,000+. Our outstanding public
safety record includes the highest fire rating in Santa
Clara County and some of the fastest emergency response times
in the state.
With a focus on high quality customer services
and its reputation, it is no wonder more than 4,500 companies,
including many of the world’s top technology firms,
and thousands of long-time residents have made the City of
Santa Clara their home.
Numerous books have been published about the City of Santa Clara's rich and varied history. They are available for checkout at the City's library, or available for purchase from many local places, as well as online.
From historic homes to high tech industry and
theme park thrill rides, the City of Santa Clara has it all.
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