Sabine and Alachua County
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City of Alachua |
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University of Florida |
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& the Florida Gators! |
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Gainesville, Florida a USA #1 Community! |
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Alachua County People Growing Together |
| Money Magazine's "Best place to live..." | The Gainesville/Alachua County area is the nation's best place to live, according to Money Magazine, September 1995. For six consecutive years, it has been tapped as Florida's most livable city and has ranked among the leaders in the nation. Situated in the heart of beautiful North Central Florida, the Gainesville area basks in Gulf breezes that make summer days warm and nights cool, and produce dry and mild winters. |
| "Best & most livable city..." | “Tree City, USA- Environmentally Conscious, Small City Environment” Voted consistently one of the best and most livable cities in the United States, Gainesville offers great year-round weather for a wide variety of outdoor activities. Top national and international athletes train in Gainesville. Opportunities for boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, running, hiking, bird watching, tennis, dancing, horseback riding, golf and cycling abound. The Hippodrome State Theater is one of Florida’s premier professional theaters; several other theaters offer productions; and the Center for the Performing Arts sponsors dance companies, musical groups and special events each year. If you want ocean, Gainesville is conveniently located 50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and 67 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, locations which offer some of the best beaches in the world. |
| UF Top Facilities... | UF has many outstanding facilities: the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Center for the Performing Arts, Harn Museum of Art, and the University Art Gallery. UF also has the world’s largest citrus research center, a world-renowned institute for the study of the brain, a public television and radio station, and one of the largest health centers in the Southeast. One section of campus is on National Register of Historic Places, while other sections have recently seen the addition of new physics, engineering and veterinary medicine buildings. The Smathers Library, with 2.5 million volumes, has two main libraries and nine branch libraries. |