SARASOTA ACCOLADES
 

ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE

• Money Magazine ranked Sarasota as one of the "Top 20 Places to Retire."
• 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).
• The U.S. Housing Market has ranked Sarasota "20th in the United States for its Hotness Index."
• Venice was named one of the top 10 small towns in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine in April 2001.
• 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

• Forbes Magazine named Sarasota the 44th "Best Place to Live and Do Business" out of the largest 150 U.S. Metro Areas (2003).
   
• Expansion Management Magazine has rated Sarasota a four star community, one of only two to achieve this rank in all of Florida (2003).
   
• 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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