Known as a community with a rich heritage, a diverse population with an enduring small town atmosphere and quality of life, the city of Madera is the largest full-service city in Madera County providing residents all the essential services – fire suppression, police, sewer and water services. Known throughout the central San Joaquin Valley as a community of neighborhoods, with quality parks and recreation facilities as well as cultural  programs and amenities, Madera offers an enhanced quality of life for those who choose to live, learn, work, and play here.
Throughout its history, the city of Madera has distinguished itself for its unique innovations and progressive planning to provide citizens with some of the first, only, largest, or most unique services and amenities in California that help set Madera apart.

•  Madera is a community with a Vision. Having adopted the Vision Madera 2025 Vision and Action Plan, the “community plan” provides the action items necessary to create and sustain a city that we will all marvel at.
• Madera is a community where we can quickly “get away from it all”.  Take a walk on the trail, attend a community sports event, or just enjoy nature. Madera offers quality parks and recreational opportunities.
  
• Madera is a community where people feel safe and secure.  Community Policing, Neighborhood Watch and Citizens Patrol are not just catch phrases in Madera but a way of life.
  

Discover how the largest city in Madera County and home to more than 56,000 residents has become a premier residential community where family is valued and quality public services are provided.