Sarasota in the News


RECENT SARASOTA FLORIDA ACCOLADES

Newsweek names Pine View School in Sarasota #15 in "America’s Best High Schools." 2012

American Style Magazine names Sarasota the No. 1 on this year's annual list of the "25 Best Arts Destinations." 2012

CNBC Ranks Sarasota and Longboat Key as one of the "Best Places to Retire." 2012

International Property Journal ranks Sarasota as the "Best Place to Buy a Second Home" in the Western World. 2012

Sarasota Ranked in the "Top Ten Turn Around Towns for Real Estate" in the US. 2011

Siesta Key Beach Ranked "#1 Beach in America" by Dr. Beach. 2011

Barbara Corcoran named Sarasota the Best Place in the United States to Buy a Home Under $300,000. 2011

GlobalEdge named Sarasota as the "Best Place to Buy Real Estate" in the Western World.

Siesta Key Beach was named the "#2 Beach" in the United States by Dr Beach. 2010

 

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).