Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice from the boundaries of a labor market area that covers Manatee County and Sarasota County in Florida. In fact, Sarasota County once was part of Manatee and was apportioned off from the larger country.

The population of this beautiful Floridian area is approximately 700,000 people. The City of Sarasota, along with the larger statistical region surrounding it, are recognized by economists and workforce specialists among the Top 25 Best Medium Sized Cities in America for Jobs and Business expansion. Sarasota was chosen a leading American city back in 2001.

Since 2003, this market area has grown in economy and population at least four times faster than the average rate for USA cities. Information Technology (IT - data, computers, etc.) is a fast-growing industry in this part of Florida, along with Financial Products and Insurance.

1. Museums, Historical Sites, and Other Installations
2. Internet Publishing & Broadcasting
3. Social Assistance
4. Retail Furniture and Home Furnishings
5. Administrative & Support Services - banking, Healthcare, IT, Green Industries, other
6. Ambulatory Health Care --

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7. Warehousing and Storage
8. Wood Product Mfg
9. Misc Store Retailers
10. Merchant Wholesalers

An Additional 10 Fast Growing Occupations

1. Personal & Laundry Services
2. State Government Occupations
3. Retail Electronics & Appliances
4. Online and Catalogue Retailers
5. Retail Building Materials and Garden Supplies
6. Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries - Tourism, Hospitality, etc.
7. ISPs, Web Search Portals, and Data Processing Services
8. Repair & Maintenance
9. Retail Health and Personal Care Products
10. Credit Intermediation

In Manatee County, additional fast-growing jobs include

• Agriculture
• Construction, and
• Manufacturing.

• Manatee Community College
• Manatee Technical Institute
• Bradenton Beauty & Barber Academy
• Gospel Crusade Institute Of Ministry
• Hillsborough Community College
• Fashion Focus Hair Academy
• Keiser College-Sarasota
• Ringling School Of Art And Design
• Sarasota County Technical Institute
• Sarasota School Of Massage
• Sunstate Academy Of Hair Design
• Sarasota Travel School
• Uiversity of Sarasota
• University Of Tampa
• University Of South Florida

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is a tribute to a legendary circus magnate and his wife. Ringling Brothers Circus was a mainstay of entertainment in the first half of the 20th century, joining with Barnum and Bailey Circus thereafter to continue the circus tradition. Once held in gigantic tents, the stakes of which were placed into position by elephants, these circuses switched to sports arenas and stadiums in large part by 1950.

These circuses and others like them gave the inspiration to Ray Bradbury as a boy to later create such unforgettable stories and novels such as Dark Circus, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Combining his inspiration from the circus, early horror movies, and science fiction, Mr. Bradbury wrote these stories and they have remained unmatched to this day. John Ringling did not realize that this could happen from his three magic rings of entertainment in the center of a canvas tent on a hot August afternoon.

On Sarasota Bay, the Ringling Art Museum is the state art museum of Florida. The mansion was restored in 2002 and includes Circus Museums, a huge library, a learning center, acres of gardens, parks, and the World's Largest Miniature Circus. You can see the old circus wagons that used to come to town surrounded by running, laughing children that would pick up some work around the circus in order to gain free tickets and make friends with the elephants and the clowns. A large rose garden completes a lovely, fascinating location.

Circus Sarasota carries on the Ringling tradition of good entertainment at affordable prices, plus programs for artists and education, including guest performers from China and other countries. Link: CIRCUS SARASOTA

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Salvador Dali was the icon of the Surrealist Movement of art, and is known for his partings of melting clocks and faces with two eyes on only one side.

The Dali Museum is a short distance from Sarasota in St,. Petersburg FL at 1000 Third Street South. Exhibits have included an exhibit dedicated to Women, selections from 100 paintings based on the Latin Vulgate Bible, and several others.

The museum also hosts its touring galleries around America as well as multimedia presentations in Florida.