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.

University of Florida's Baughman Center

Gainesville is home to the University of Florida with 50,000 students, nearly $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 2007 the statistical metropolitan area was 257,099 people.

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.

Library Headquarters

In 2007 Gainesville was ranked No. 1 in Frommer’s ‘Cities Ranked and Rated,’ No. 3 on NuWire Investor’s list of the ‘Top 10 Small College Towns for Investment’ and one of the ‘50 Best Places to Live and Play’ according to National Geographic Adventure Magazine.”

For a full list of Gainesville’s many top rankings, see the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce’s website.

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Hippodrome State Theater