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PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE The LOCAL business-to-business website that allows local business people to find other local business people, and visiting business people to find local business people to network and explore the financial, leisure, and relocation possibilities in, not only the Sarasota and Manatee County area, but in the entire Southwest Florida area, that some of us even call South Tampa Bay...but more of us call it The Suncoast! PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE Whether you have been here all of your life, or are just visiting, we welcome you to THE resource that will help you market, grow and protect your business…and, we’ll even help you relax and enjoy yourself as well!!! Every kind of business is found on the Suncoast…if you know where to look. www.SuncoastBizLink.com, will make your research and your contacts much easier. Every business and business person on our website is looking for your business! They are looking to grow their business by helping you to grow yours. Check back often, we will be constantly updating and adding information for a long time to come! We wouldn't have it any other way!  Auto Sales Classifieds Business Directory Calendar Garage Sale Promote Your Meetings & Events HERE! FREE. YOUR COMPLETE CALENDAR and LIST OF BUSINESS MEETINGS For ALL BUSINESS EVENTS AND NETWORKING MEETINGS in the Suncoast! NO need to send in a Publicity Releases! Post YOUR own meetings or events ! Just register (FREE!)...and start posting! It’s EASY…and IT’S FREE! PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE

PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE BUSINESS CARD BILLBOARD Click On Business Card For Advertiser's Website. Register and Login to Add Your Business Card Ad. Where is the Suncoast?  The Suncoast primarily refers to the Florida counties of Sarasota and Manatee . From s outh of Tampa Bay to the Port Charlotte harbor, on the Southwest Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the Cities and towns include: Sarasota , Bradenton , Venice , Lakewood Ranch, University Park , Palmer Ranch, Osprey, Nokomis, Palmetto, Ellenton, Englewood , Myakka City , and Arcadia . The Beach and Island communities include: Siesta Key, Longboat Key, St. Armands, Lido Beach , Bradenton Beach , Cortez, Whitney Beach, Anna Maria Island , Casey Key, and Manasota Key. If you have never seen one of our sunsets from our beaches. You have never seen a real sunset! We here in on the Suncoast are very lucky to be in this special place. At one time, Indians and Pirates frequented this wonderful area and beaches. Now, beautiful homes and condos share with our seasonal tourists. For years, the economy is made up with of the services relating to the hospitality, seniors and real estate industries. Now, the economy is more diverse, with other industries including growing technology and light manufacturing segments. Most of the businesses are fairly small in size, and the area has been attracting more creative, entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs come to visit or for a meeting, and realize that they just don't wish to go back north! The Suncoast of Florida is one of the best kept secrets in the southeastern United States , but not for long! Several publications and organizations have discovered out “hidden” qualities. Even those of us who have lived here for a long time aren’t aware of all that we have to offer! Some of the more recent Accolades: • Best Places to Live: Sarasota Money Magazine 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007 • Best Place to Live and Launch a Business: Money Magazine 2008 • Best Place for Business and Careers, Forbes 2008 • “Boomtown” Inc. Magazine, 2007 • Best Mid-Size City Inc Magazine 2007 • Best Place to Start a Small Business, Biz Journal 2007 • Best Place For Growing Small Business in Florida: MSNBC & Biz Journals 2007 • Best Place to Retire; US News and World Report 2007 • Best Place for Business Forbes 2006 • Best Place to Invest: Daily World EU News, Turks.us 2007 • Best Places to Live & Go to School: Relocate America 2007 • Best American Beach (Siesta Key) 2003 • Best Place to Run A Small Business; Entrepreneur Magazine small • Best Place to Live and Work: Sarasota: Employment Review Guide 2000, 2001 • Top Place to Relocate and Live: Relocate America • Best Place to Live: Sarasota/Bradenton: Sperling’s Best Places • Best Place to Reinvent Yourself: AARP Magazine • Best Place to Live in the World: Economist Intelligence Unit (London) Plus many others including: Forbes Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Florida Trend Magazine, And the accolades just keep on coming…whether it is the beaches, the culture, the education, even healthcare, we have much here to offer!  Sarasota Memorial Hospital was rated one of the best 10 Hospitals in the US ! With a tropical climate, this most of the year has perfect, beautiful weather. For a fairly small community (compared to the areas that those of us who are originally from the New York and Philadelphia areas), Sarasota and Bradenton and Venice have some of the best educational, cultural and arts facilities available in this country! PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE But then, you don’t only have to be in Sarasota , Bradenton or Venice to use www.SuncoastBizLink.com. As one of the most popular travel destinations in the world, we welcome business people, tourists, and guests from all over the State of Florida , The United States, Canada, Europe …and the rest of the world!  Of course, “all work and no play, makes Jack a dull boy!" Didn’t Benjamin Franklin say that? We have even included things to do, places to go to help you enjoy your time, after work...or instead of work! Looking for Culture? Visit the The Ringling Art Museum , the Ca d'Zan, John Ringling's home, the Selby Botanical Gardens, or the South Florida Museum of History. Not enough, don't worry, there are more. Theatre? From equity to local talent, you will find excellent preformances, without the New York prices! Depending on the season, you can catch a baseball "spring training" game. There is plenty of fishing , boating, golf, and other activities to keep you busy.  And the food…you can find the restaurants you can find everywhere else, and you can find wonderful unique restaurants that you will not find anywhere else. In fact, the locals even have their own promotional campaign! There are restaurants in almost every price range and type of food to satisfy almost any palate. You find some of them listed here. OK, so enough! you've cultured, sported, and ate your way through the Suncoast! What else is there to do? (Besides going back to work?) To the BEACH, course! Voted the best beaches in the world and the best sand, you have to spend at least part of the day. Just don't forget the hat, sunglasses and suntan lotion. You WILL need them. NOW...that you are rested. Go back to work! And, we here at www.SuncoastBizLink.com are here to make your working and your business more productive and more profitable. So that...you can spend even MORE time enjoying our Suncoast! Comments or suggestions? Feel free to contact us! We look forward to hearing from you. Tell us how you are using www.SuncoastBizLink.com!  PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS – NETWORK – FIND A RESOURCE! – SUPPORT A CAUSE