The good life: our complete neighborhood tour will help you find your perfect place in the sun.(City overview)
Sarasota Magazine, March, 2007 by Denton, Ilene; Hackett, Kim
Our little piece of paradise has been a magnet for people seeking the good life ever since land developer J. Hamilton Gillespie traveled here from Scotland in 1886 and built the nation's first golf links near what is now the downtown Sarasota courthouse area.
Rich in natural beauty, top-rated schools, and cultural and leisure activities, Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties attract residents who are significantly better educated, more affluent and more likely to own their own homes than Floridians in general.
History tells the tale. In the booming early 1920s, colorful characters such as circus impresario John Ringling and socialite Bertha Honore Palmer (of Chicago's famed Palmer Hotel family) transformed the little fishing and farming village of...
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