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ABOUT SARASOTA >> About Sarasota
Accolades
We
are convinced that Sarasota County offers an outstanding
lifestyle and excellent business climate. But don't just take
my word for it. Here's what others have said about Sarasota.
ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE
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Money Magazine named Sarasota one of the nation's
"Best Places to Live" ranking the community seventh on a
list led by New York City. (December, 2001)
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Forbes.com/Milken Institute has ranked the
Sarasota-Bradenton area as the 39th "Best Place to Live" out
of 294 U.S. metro areas (2002).
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Money Magazine named Sarasota as the "21st Best
Place to Live in the United States."
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Money Magazine ranked Sarasota as one of the "Top
20 Places to Retire."
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Money Magazine named Sarasota the "Best Small City
in the United States." (December, 2000)
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Named one of the "Top 25 Terrific Places to Bring Up a
Family" by Mothering Magazine (July-August 2001).
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Modern Maturity named Sarasota as the "3rd Best Big
City in Which to Retire." (May-June, 2000)
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Expansion Management named Sarasota-Bradenton as
one of their "Five-Star Communities for Quality of Life."
There were only 50 communities nationwide awarded the
five-star designation, the highest in this rating category.
(November, 2000)
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Expansion Management named Sarasota the "6th Best
Metropolitan Area for Standard of Living" in the Country.
(November, 2000)
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Entrepreneur Magazine placed Sarasota as the "6th
Best Medium-sized City in the United States." It also named
Sarasota as the "8th Best City in the South" (regardless of
size).
TOP CHOICE FOR BUSINESS RELOCATION
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Forbes Magazine named Sarasota the 44th "Best Place
to Live and Do Business" out of the largest 150 U.S. Metro
Areas (2003).
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Sarasota was ranked "37th Best Place for Business and
Careers" out of 200 metro areas nationwide by Forbes
Magazine. (May, 2001).
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Expansion Management Magazine has rated Sarasota a
four star community, one of only two to achieve this rank in
all of Florida (2003).
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Business Development Outlook Magazine has selected
Sarasota as one of the "25 Choice Cities " - the most
desirable cities into which a business can relocate or
expand for 2001-2002. (November/December, 2001).
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Forbes Magazine named Sarasota the "47th Best Place
for Business and Careers" out of the top 200 U.S. Metro
areas.
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Employment Review and BestJobs.USA has selected
Sarasota as the "Best Place in Florida to Live and Work" and
the "3rd Best Place in the Nation to Live and Work." (June,
2001)
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Employment Review and BestJobsUSA's 2000 Annual
Report named Sarasota the "Number 1 Best Place to Live and
Work in the United States." (USA Today, April, 2000)
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Expansion Management awarded Sarasota County's
School District a GOLD MEDAL. The GOLD MEDAL is the highest
level of achievement awarded to a school district by the
magazine, and Sarasota was the only district in Florida
to receive the honor in 2000. (November, 2000)
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Sarasota County has been ranked among the country's best
employment generators by DRI/McGraw-Hill and the University
of Arizona.
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For the third straight year, Expansion Management
Magazine has chosen the Sarasota-Bradenton area as a
"Five-star Community on their Quality of Life
quotient - Best Places to Live and Work." (May, 2001)
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BizMiner Business Vitality Review ranked the
Sarasota/Bradenton metro area as the "3rd Best Second-Tier
Metropolitan City for Business Relocations Nationwide." It
is ranked 1st in Florida. (May, 2001)
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Sarasota/Bradenton MSA received 5 stars (the highest rating)
by www.bizjournals.com. (September, 2000)
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BizMiner Business Vitality Review ranked
Sarasota-Bradenton MSA "3rd on their Small Metro Business
Migration Index." (December, 2000)
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PC World and Money Magazine named Sarasota
as the "23rd Best Place for Telecommuting" (working from
home).
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In November 1997, Arizona State University's Blue Chip
Job Growth Update reported that the Sarasota/Bradenton
metropolitan statistical area overtook Las Vegas as the
number one job producer from August 1996 through August
1997. The reported job growth for Sarasota was 6.83 percent,
compared to perennial leader Las Vegas at 6.44 percent. "
The Economist Magazine ranked Sarasota "7th Best for
Private-sector Job Growth.
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The Kiplinger Letter reported a lifestyle study by
management consulting firm Runzheimer International, showing
upscale Sarasota 2 percent below the U.S. average cost.
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Expansion Management magazine chose the
Sarasota/Bradenton area as the only community in Florida
worthy of its Five Star Community ranking. For
executives at companies looking to move or expand their
businesses, Sarasota/Bradenton scored high for its "Quality
of Life Quotient," judging crime levels, housing
affordability and availability, education levels, cost of
living, employment opportunities, continuing education
opportunities and accessibility to air travel. Sarasota
schools also received a BLUE RIBBON, the highest rating of
any school system in the state."
EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked New
college the seventh best value in public higher education.
It is the only public college in Florida named a "best buy"
in the noted Fiske Guide to Colleges 2003.
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Money Magazine also included the Sarasota County
School District on the list of "Top 100 Schools in the
United States."
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Time and Money Magazine both named
Sarasota's New College as the "2nd Best College Bargain in
the Country." New College outranked such schools as the
University of California, Berkeley and the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked the
Sarasota/Bradenton area "3rd in the Nation in Job Growth."
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A New Business Opportunity Index developed by two professors
in the College of Business Administration at the University
of Texas at El Paso ranks Sarasota "7th among 316
Metropolitan areas in the U.S." for a variety of key
conditions that positively influence business climate.
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Money Magazine placed Sarasota Schools in the "Top
100 in the Nation" as well as naming the Sarasota/Bradenton
area as the"21st Best Place to Live in the U.S.", and one of
the "Top 20 Places to Retire."
TOP QUALITY HEALTH CARE
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