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Sarasota in
the News
Inc.
magazine saw Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice ranked No. 8 on a list of 292
“boomtowns” (2007).
Inc.
magazine ranked Sarasota No. 3 among mid-size cities (2007).
Forbes’
list of the top 100 cities for jobs, places the Sarasota-Bradenton
area at 11th place, or the third best in Florida (2007).
Sarasota and
Bradenton were ranked among the Top 100 places to live in the U.S.
by Relocate-America.com (2007).
Relocate-America.com’s
list of the Top 25 places to live to go to school ranked Sarasota
No. 8 (2007).
Sarasota
ranked No. 14 in Milken Institute/Greenstreet Partners “Best
Performing Cities Index” (2007).
Money
Magazine named
Sarasota-Bradenton as the top place to retire young. (April 2007)
Bizjournal
named Sarasota the second-best place to start a small business.
(April 2007)
National
Geographic Traveler named
Siesta Beach one of America’s Best Beaches (July/August 2003).
The Travel
Channel named Siesta Beach as one of “Florida’s Top Ten Beaches”
(2002) as well as the “Best Sand Beach in America” (April 6 2003).
AARP ranked
Sarasota #4 in its list of the “15 Best Places to Live the Good
Life."
Forbes
named Sarasota as one of the “Best Places for Business and Careers”
(May 2003).
Country
Living Gardener named Selby
Gardens one of America’s Top Ten Botanical Gardens (March/April
2003).
Barron’s
named Sarasota as one of five outstanding retirement locations
(April 2003).
Newsweek
named Sarasota as the “Best Beach & Ballpark Combo” in honor of
Spring Training (February 2003).
National
Geographic Traveler listed
Caspersen Beach among America’s Top 40 Beaches (July/August 2002).
Meetings &
Conventions magazine listed
Sarasota as one of the 10 great U.S. cities for meetings with rooms
under $125 a night.
Money
magazine named Sarasota among the top ten places to retire in the
United States (December 2001).
USA Today
named Siesta Beach one of the top U.S. beaches.
The League of
American Bicyclists awarded Sarasota County a Bicycle Friendly
Community designation (2001).
Money
magazine named Sarasota the "#1 Small City" in the nation in which
to live (December 2000).
Florida
Living ranked Siesta Beach
"Florida's Best Beach" and Crescent Beach
received a #3 ranking in the "Best Beaches" category.
Modern
Maturity named Sarasota third
among the “Fifty Most Alive Places to Live” (May 2000).
Demographics
Daily, American City Business Journals, gave the Sarasota/Bradenton
a five-star rating, putting the area in the nation’s top 10 percent
for population, income and employment trends (Sept. 2000).
Employment
Review/BestJobsUSA.com ranked
Sarasota #1 among America’s Best Places to Live and Work (June
2000).
Conde Nast
Traveler rated Siesta Beach “The Best of the Best Sand” (1999).
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute gave Siesta Key top honors in the
“Great International White Sand Beach Challenge” (1987).
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