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Portfolio magazine ranks Gainesville as one of the “smartest” cities in U.S.
Gainesville predicted to have the highest percentage growth of “creative class” jobs in the nation over the next decade.
Amazon ranked Gainesville 8th “Most Well-Read City.”
Gainesville was ranked 7th by DailyBeast.com for Greenest Cities in America (2011).
Gainesville was first city in U.S. to implement solar feed-in tariff.
City of Alachua’s Santa Fe High School has the area’s only three-year biotech curriculum.
Most UF-related bioscience companies are located in Alachua
Alachua is home to UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech, Santa Fe College’s biotech campus, and UF’s biopharm manufacturing facility.

The University of Florida is the #1 single public university in North America at commercializating its research (with over $600 million research annually), and the only AAU member in Florida.
Four of Alachua County’s high schools are included in Newsweek’s 2010 list of “America’s Best High Schools.”
Students in Alachua County public schools earn the highest SAT scores in the state, well above national averages.
The school district has the highest rate of passed Advanced Placement tests in the state.

View a complete list of Gainesville’s recent accolades.
Ranked 8th in Gallup-Healthways Well-being Index (2011) for mid-sized cities.
Home to nationally accredited museums of art and national history and award-winning performing arts programs that celebrate creativity and inspire innovation.
Shands at UF boasts a Level 1 Trauma Center and a Children’s Hospital
The City of Alachua has the largest small-town fireworks display in America each Fourth of July.

Gainesville Chamber of Commerce – www.gainesvillechamber.com

Alachua Chamber of Commerce – www.alachua.com

Alachua County School Board – www.sbac.edu