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TOP CHOICE FOR BUSINESS RELOCATION
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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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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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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."
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