Today, Visit Sarasota County (VSC), in collaboration with the Sarasota County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) launched “Careers on the Suncoast”, a national, week-long blog series to encourage relocation tourism to Sarasota County. It features new and innovative Sarasota County amenities, and profiles its residents by highlighting their careers and quality of life living in the community.

“Our goal is to encourage relocation tourism to national markets by showcasing the diversity and breadth of career opportunities in our area, while highlighting what the value of living in Sarasota County is to visitors,” says Virginia Haley, President of Visit Sarasota County. “This series is a part of our broader strategy to lure working-age adults to visit and consider permanently relocating to the region, while also finding local job positions to support our area businesses.”

“Careers on the Suncoast” comes as Sarasota County ranked #3 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2022/2023 Fastest-Growing Places in the nation. It is a vertical under its national Work Where You Want to Live campaign with the Sarasota County EDC, which was created to attract working-age adults to move and work in the community.

The series is being promoted through a national media push to reach key U.S. audiences and will additionally exist in the relocation section of Visit Sarasota County’s website and on social media. Scheduled releases will feature Sarasota County residents including Isabelle Smith (ESE Teacher, Sarasota County Schools); Jon Goetluck (Major, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office); Tina Taylor (President, HR Elements); Natalie Wiess (Nurse, Sarasota Memorial Hospital); and Paula Wiggins (Engineer, Sarasota County Government).

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