Photo Album about Sarasota

See the Breathtaking Sorroundings

of Sarasota

But this great City is not only Beauty

Just check only some of the awards, Review and nominations

       Excellent Educational Opportunities

• 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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• Forbes Magazine ranked Sarasota "37th Best Place for Business and Careers" out of 200 metro areas nationwide by. (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 Best Jobs 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 Best Jobs USA'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 Magazine For the third straight year, 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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• 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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• DRI/McGraw-Hill and the University of Arizona Sarasota County has been ranked among the country's best employment generators.
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• Arizona State University's In November 1997, 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.

           One of the Best Places To Live

• Inc. Magazine saw Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ranked No. 8 on a list of 292 “boomtowns.” (2007)
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• Inc. Magazine ranked SarasotaNo. 3 among mid-size cities. (2007)
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• Forbes places the Sarasota-Bradenton area at 11^th place of the list of the top 100 cities for jobs (2007) or the third best in Florida.  
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• Relocate-America.com. (2007 Sarasotaand Bradenton were among the Top 100 places to live in the U.S.  )
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• Relocate-America.com’slist of the Top 25 places to live to go to school ranked Sarasota No. 8. (2007)
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• Milken Institute/Greenstreet Partners Sarasota ranked No. 14 “Best Performing Cities Index.” (2007)
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• Money Magazine named Sarasota-Bradenton as the top place to retire young. (April 2007)
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• Biz journal named Sarasota the second-best place to start a small business. (April 2007)
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• Forbes.com / Milken Institutehas ranked the Sarasota-Bradenton area as the 39th "Best Place to Live" out of 294 U.S. metro areas. (2002).
• Money Magazinenamed 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 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 Sarasotaas the "21st Best Place to Live in the United States."
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• Money Magazine ranked Sarasotaas one of the "Top 20 Places to Retire."
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• Entrepreneur Magazine placed Sarasotaas 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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• Trend Magazine in April 2001Venice was named one of the top 10small towns in Florida by Florida Venice was honored with the Accessible America Awardin 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-Quality Health Care

Sarasota Memorial Hospital won the "Sterling Award" in 2001. Sarasota Memorial Hospital is one of two organizations that have won the 2001 Governor's Sterling Award for organizational excellence. The hospital also won the award of "Role Model for Performance Excellence."