Top 10 Places to Retire - Sarasota, FL is at the Top of the List

This past week “Top Retirements.com” rated Sarasota, Florida at the top of their list for Best Places to Retire.  Please see their article and links to their website below.

Your Editor Picks: How We Rank the 10 Best Places to Retire – And Why

"February 28, 2012 — Last week we announced the list of the 100 Most Popular Retirement Towns, our annual list of the places that our visitors and members seem the most intrigued with. This week we decided to take that idea a little further by analyzing that list against 12 important retirement criteria. The result is a top 10 that looks very different, with 4 towns from the top 20 moving up to the top 10. Here are your editor’s selections for the “10 Best Places to Retire” – (the # in ( ) was its ranking…

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Sarasota Arts Education to partner with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts

Sarasota Arts Education to partner with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts

The Sarasota Arts Education will be partnering with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts to expand art education in elementary and middle school.  Sarasota has become the 6th city to be chosen for the “Any Given Child” free initiative program that pairs local arts organizations and educators with staff members form the john F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  

Sarasota has long been recognized as the “Arts Capital of Florida” and has beaten 7 other Florida Cities and hundreds of cities through-out the country for this position. 

Carrie Seidman, of the Sarasota Herald Tribune published an article on Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 that explains all the details. 

Carrie…

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Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach

Siesta Key Beach ranked #1 in the Nation by Dr. Beach

Siesta Key Beach has been given the Number One spot by Dr. Stephen Leatherman a.k.a. "Dr. Beach"  The residents of Sarasota knew this all the time.  Now the whole world also knows!  The following article appear in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, written by Tom Becnel.

"By TOM BECNEL
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 5:22 p.m.

SARASOTA - The powdery white shoreline of Siesta Key just got the ultimate seal of approval from “Dr. Beach.”

DR. BEACH'S TOP 10 U.S. BEACHES

1. Siesta Beach in Sarasota;
2. San Diego's Coronado Beach;
3. No. 3 was Kahanamoku Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
4, Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.;
5, Cape Hatteras in North Carolina;
6, St. George Island State Park,…

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Sarasota Yacht Club near Bird Key and St. Armand's Circle

Sarasota Yacht Club near Bird Key and St. Armand’s Circle

The Sarasota Yacht Club is located at 1100 John Ringling blvd. on the causeway coming out of downtown Sarasota just after you cross the John Ringling Bridge.  The Yacht club is directly between Bird Key and St. Armand’s Circle in Sarasota, Fl. 

Recently I was invited by a good friend of mine to attend the open house of their new facility that has been two years in the making.  WOW! Was I impressed!  I learned that the Sarasota Yacht club is a family-friendly private club offering a wide range of activities and programs for its members of all ages.  The club has a history of over 80 years of cruising and racing.   Sarasota Yacht Club is a club rooted in yachting tradition.  In addition to the…

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