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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)

• Sarasota County has been ranked among the country's best employment generators by DRI/McGraw-Hill and the University of Arizona.
• 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."

 
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