2015

Associated Press Published: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 1:07 p.m. Florida had the second-biggest population gain of any state in the nation. New figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows Florida gained more than 365,000 people from July 2014 to July 2015. Only Texas had a bigger gain in pure numbers, and the Lone Star State added 490,000...

September 23, 2015 by Barbara Mei Tropical island ambiance with the comforts of craft beer and fine art helped land the City of Sarasota on the “2016 Top 100 Best Places to Live.” Sarasota showed up as No. 31 on the list along with places like Boulder, Colorado; Santa Rosa, California; and Madison, Wisconsin. The other Florida entries on the list, published this week by www.Livability.com, were...

By Michael Scott Davidson scott.davidson@heraldtribune.com Published: Friday, December 18, 2015 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton metropolitan area now has the highest percentage of baby boomers of any mid-sized metropolitan area in the nation, according to a report released Friday from online data aggregator Headlight Data. Baby boomers, ages 51 to 69, now...

Population Growth Despite the much publicized downturn in real estate sales, Florida has increased in population in 2006 by another 321,697 people.  Florida’s population, now over 18 million has 20 of the top 100 counties in population growth nationwide.  Sarasota and Manatee counties, among the fast growing counties had a combined increase since 2000 of 93,000...

By Maggie Clark  Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 3:25 p.m. SARASOTA - Cardiac care at Sarasota Memorial Hospital got a big boost three years ago when the hospital affiliated its heart surgery department with Columbia University Medical Center's cardiothoracic surgery division. Now, the two hospital systems are expanding their partnership to include the cardiology...

 Sarasota, Florida. received an accolade and additional national recognition.  On Monday, it was named the third-best small city for retirement by NerdWallet.     Herald-Tribune archive / Mike Lang STAFF REPORT Published: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 1:10 p.m. Sarasota racked up another accolade on Monday jULY  13, 2015, SARASOTA   was named  the...