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TOP CHOICE FOR BUSINESS RELOCATION

• 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

• 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.
   

• Money Magazine also included the Sarasota County School District on the list of "Top 100 Schools in the United States."
   

• 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.
   

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked the Sarasota/Bradenton area "3rd in the Nation in Job Growth."
   

• 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.
   

• 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

• 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."

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