Gainesville

A mere twenty minutes away, Gainesville’s downtown area offers an eclectic blend of relaxed culture and a thriving nightlife. The sights and attractions of such larger cities as Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando are not far away.

Gainesville is home to the University of Florida with 50,000 students, more than $600 million annually in sponsored research, and a top-10 ranking in licensing and royalty income.

Santa Fe College, until recently a highly ranked junior college, has been granted college status and provides education for 16,000 students.

Award winning Gainesville is known as one of Florida’s most livable cities and flourishes in the heart of beautiful North Central Florida. It’s one of the few cities to be continuously recognized as a “Tree City, USA” since 1982. In 2010 Gainesville had a population of more than 124,000.

The environmental, educational, and cultural amenities of this university town attract a creative and highly educated workforce. Our local bioscience and tech industries benefit from this talent. Learn about our local bioscience industry with the Council for Economic Outreach’s Bioscience Guide here.

In 2008 Forbes ranked Gainesville at 22nd among the “Smartest Cities in America” and National Geographic Adventure Magazine ranked it one of the “50 Best Places to Live and Play”.