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I'm 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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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 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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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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Money
Magazine
named Sarasota as the "21st Best Place to Live in the United
States."
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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).
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The
U.S. Housing Market
has ranked Sarasota "20th in the United States for its
Hotness Index."
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Venice was
named one of the top 10 small towns in Florida by Florida Trend
Magazine in April 2001.
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Venice was
honored with the Accessible America Award in 2002. The award was
presented by the National Organization on Disability on May 14,
2002. Venice competed against nine other finalist cities:
Berkeley, California; Bloomington, Indiana; Charlotte, North
Carolina; Eugene, Oregon; Houston, Texas; Irvine, California;
Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Montgomery County, Maryland.
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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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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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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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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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."
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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)
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)
Sarasota County has been ranked
among the country's best employment generators by DRI/McGraw-Hill
and the University of Arizona.
PC World
and Money Magazine named Sarasota as the "23rd Best Place
for Telecommuting" (working from home).
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."
The Kiplinger Letter
reported a lifestyle study by management consulting firm
Runzheimer International, showing upscale Sarasota 2 percent below
the U.S. average cost.
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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