If
you are a Business owner in Sarasota we would
like to hear from you, to help us better
understand the needs of businesses within
Sarasota County.
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The
region that has attracted visitors and new residents for
decades with its pristine beaches, its arts, and its
year-round, active lifestyle is also a great place to do
business.
We’re More Competitive Than Ever In today’s economy, Sarasota County’s elected leadership
recognizes that economic diversification is the key to
sustaining our high quality of life. As a community, we’re
investing in businesses to create value added jobs
In partnership with our cities, the Economic Development
Corporation of Sarasota County and business leaders, we have
developed a new menu of competitive incentives. In addition,
we’ve acted quickly and decisively to attract growing
industries and jobs.
In the past fiscal year,
Sarasota County government awarded $2.7 million in job
creation incentives to 12 start-up and expanding
businesses.
Our voters approved a
new business incentive, an ad valorem tax exemption for
companies that create high-quality jobs, by a 2-to-1
margin in August of 2010.
Since December of 2009,
Sarasota County government has awarded more than $27
million in recovery zone facility bonds to growing
businesses.
We’ve initiated
expedited permitting, web-based permitting, a fast-track
economic stimulus plan for local projects and we’re
piloting one of two economic energy zones in Florida.
Doing Business in Sarasota
County is a Win-Win We actively recruit business and offer economic incentives
in order to expand our targeted industries of design, sports
tourism, sustainability, aging, specialty manufacturing and
medical and bio-technology. We have community assets,
entrepreneurial resources and desirable demographics related
to each of these targeted areas that can help fuel your
company’s rapid growth.
