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Sarasota Sarasota is a city located in
Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the state of Florida in the United States. Its current official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. These islands separating
Sarasota Bay from the gulf near the city, known as keys, include Lido Key and Siesta Key, which are famous worldwide for the quality of their sandy
beaches. After the 1819 acquisition of Florida as a territory by the United States and five
years before it became a state in 1845, the army established Fort Armistead in Sarasota along the
bay. First, the Alf T.
Ringling family settled in the Whitfield Estates area with extensive land
holdings. The families of Charles and John Ringling followed, living farther to
the south. Soon, children and members of the extended family increased the
presence of the Ringling family in Sarasota. Ringling Brothers
Circus established its winter home in
Sarasota during 1919 following the death of Alf T., when Charles Ringling assumed
many of his duties. Colleges in Sarasota
include New College of
Florida, a public liberal arts college;
Keiser College of
Sarasota, a private college; FSU/Asolo
Conservatory for Actor Training (Florida State
University's MFA Acting Conservatory in
conjunction with the Asolo Repertory
Theatre); Ringling College of Art and
Design, a school of visual arts and design;
and satellite campuses of Eckerd College, based in St. Petersburg,
Florida; and Florida State University College
of Medicine, based in Tallahassee,
Florida. Other colleges in the city
include East West College of Natural Medicine, an accredited college of
acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The warm climate helped
the Sarasota area become a popular golf destination, a sport brought to America by the Scots. One of them was
John Hamilton
Gillespie, an early pioneer of the game in
Sarasota. The Sara Bay course in the Whitfield area was designed by golf
architect Donald Ross. Bobby Jones was associated with the community course in Sarasota. Many
courses dot the area, including the one originally laid out for the hotel John
Ringling planned on the southern tip of Longboat Key. .Income &
Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $39,458 (it
was $34,077 in 2000)
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