Newport Beach includes the communities of Corona Del Mar and Newport Coast.
Head for the coast, grab the kids, your sandals, or both and get ready for a lifestyle that is unsurpassed. Newport Beach is a gorgeous beach town that I proudly call home, and Its like nothing you have seen before. In Newport Beach you can surf, swim, or you can just take it all in. You can take kayak and canoe excursions along the Back Bay, sunbathe, or a take a cool drive along Pacific Coast Highway, the famous Highway 1. Newport Beach has a sense of style and class coupled with warm and down to earth people.
Just north of Laguna Beach, and south of Huntington Beach, we are in the heart of Orange County. In Newport Beach, there is something for each of your senses. For aesthetics, try the Orange County Museum of Art , The Newport Beach International Film Festival , or shopping at Fashion Island with its upscale and boutique shopping including stores such as Neiman Marcus, Betsey Johnson, and Kenneth Cole. For delectable tastes, Newport Beach has world-class restaurants in abundance. If you love fine dining, Newport Beach is your place. If youre as anxious/excited when you arrive as I was, I recommend trying everything at once. The Taste of Newport Beach is a three-day food, wine and music festival. This delicious event serves up culinary masterpieces from over 30 of Newport Beachs finest restaurants, as well as 15 premium wineries from throughout California, ice-cold brews and delicious cocktails. And please, as excited as you get, remember to breathe, otherwise youll miss the clean air and ocean breeze.
Did I mention that we have many ways to relax and enjoy the good life here? Newport Beach is home to exclusive clubs like The Players Club at the Pelican Hill Golf Club , Newport Harbor Yacht Club , Palisades Tennis Club , and the lush Newport Beach Country Club , which is home to the Toshiba Senior Classic, a PGA champions tour event. This year we saw Tom Watson, Hale Irwin and Chi Chi Rodriguez, in person and on television, as the event was broadcast nationally on The Golf Channel.
People not only like to live in Newport Beach, they also like to work here. The appeal of our city is directly linked to the success of our business community and business friendly atmosphere. Due to the upscale demographics of Newport Beach it is a prestigious place to work, own a business, or conduct business. This draws major companies such as Bloomingdales, CB Richard Ellis, and Fortune 1000 companies like Pacific Life Insurance and Conexant Systems. The Orange County economy ranks among the top 30 in the world. I have to say, whatever it is that you do, there is a place for you to excel in Newport Beach.
Not only is the business community strong in Newport Beach, it is also incredibly generous. Whats good for business is good for the residents of Newport Beach. New improvement projects and community investment are great in helping to make Newport Beach a safe community and with great schools. Newport Beach schools score in the 80-90th percentile, with a few in the high 90s on academic testing. The schools have made a decided effort to incorporate computers into the educational process, thereby continually raising the bar for education within the community.
To live well, work well and play well, Newport Beach is Southern Californias sophisticated answer. From kayaks to yachts come find your speed in Newport Beach.