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We Bring You America’s Most Successful New Town
It Happens In Mission Viejo
A World of Difference, Because It’s Not A World Apart
Hometown Living, Preserved
The Kind of Hometown You Grew Up In
Mission Viejo: where Home is a Home Town Again
Part of fulfilling the promise in any community is the development of community spirit: a sense of togetherness. The aim of the Mission Viejo Company was to create a sense of belonging by bringing folks together The Company jump-started that process by providing that extra something that makes a town, a hometown, and this, in turn, prompted Mission Viejo residents to talk to their friends and relatives about moving to Mission Viejo.
When You Buy A Home In Mission Viejo, the Town Comes With It
Mission Viejo: Where You’ll Find Everything Under the Sun Built Right Into the Landscape
Mission Viejo: So Nice To Come Home To
Mission Viejo: a magical environment that makes people feel good whenever they step out the front door
It’s So Nice To Have Mission Viejo Around The House
Mission Viejo: Cradle of The Good Life In South Orange County
How did Mission Viejo Company deliver the California Promise? How did the Company remain true to the legacy left by the original owners of the Rancho. How did it capture the casual, elegant way of life that was early California in each home, and surround it with early California Heritage?
We Give You America’s Most Successful New Town
Mission Impossible: plan, build and market America’s most successful family-oriented community from scratch. Take 11,000 acres of vacant, virgin land--with only 11 trees-- and turn it into a full-scale community with 30,000 families and one million trees. At the same time, keep the prices low enough for first-time buyers, respect the adjacent property owners, protect the environment, conserve energy, and preserve the Ranch heritage.
Color Me Beautiful
There’s a Place Where Everything You Like About California Is Everywhere You Look
The California Promise: Live It in Mission Viejo
What is "the California promise?" You expect, when you come to California, that you’re going to have a certain kind of lifestyle and a certain physical beauty. It’s not available in every place, but it is available in Mission Viejo. And that’s why we call Mission Viejo "the California Promise." It’s kind of like a promise fulfilled.
If You Take Good Care of the Land, It Will Take Good Care of You
--Tony Moiso
Mission Viejo is built on the western 11,000 acres of the 53,000-acre Rancho Mission Viejo, which dates back to the King of Spain. The descendants of the original landowners, the O’Neill family, still live on and operate the ranch. Three members of the family, Dick O’Neill, Jerome Moiso, and Tony Moiso, were general partners and members of the M.V. Company Board of Directors.
Mission Viejo Library Catalog
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About Mission Viejo and its History
Browse through the following selection of articles for an overview of the history and progress of Mission Viejo as a community.
Overview
The City of Mission Viejo Heritage Committee was formed in the fall of 1992. It is composed of local residents who have volunteered to assist the Mission Viejo Community Services Commission in the following functions:
-Research and preserve the history and heritage of Mission Viejo.
-Research historical sites and make recommendations for monuments and/or markers.
-Plan programs and activities to relate historical information to the public.
-Serve as docents for tours of the Heritage House exhibits, if interested.