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SARASOTA COUNTY FLORIDA

A LAND of OPPORTUNITIES and RESOURCES

Florida Facts You Should Know? FLORIDA STATE LIBRARY

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SARASOTA COUNTY FLORIDA

"A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES"

Published by T. F. Arnold. A GLIMPSE OF SARASOTA FROM THE AIR

[FLORIDA STATE LIBRARY]

Sarasota County, where Homeseekers, Sportsmen or Tourists will find a place of rest and the opportunity to get away from the mad rush and artificiality of the large cities or long settled, set-in-their ways and not so favored by nature communities, is in that part of Florida where it is indeed June time all the time.

Swept by the invigorating, health prolonging breezes from the once seen, always remembered, waters of Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, and lying far enough south to be free from chilling frost dangers and discomforts, this county with only twenty degrees difference between mean summer and winter climate offers 365 genuine growing days in the year and the opportunity to live out doors all the time.

If you are looking for the opportunity and place to obtain real relaxation, a place to make a home for your family among the kind of people you want them to mingle with or the chance to see Semi-Tropical Florida at its best, the pages of this booklet are worth your consideration.

[color photograph] MAIN STREET LOOKING TOWARD BAY, SARASOTA.

HOW TO GET HERE

If you motor, a 55-mile drive from Tampa, over some of the finest roads in Florida, will place you in Sarasota, the county seat and business center of Sarasota County. The Tampa-Sarasota Bus Line maintains a regular schedule over this scenic West Coast highway. If you prefer water travel—as many do—the Adams Boat Line steamers, plying between Tampa and Sarasota and touching at several other Gulf resorts, will give you a memorable trip over the historic waters of old Tampa Bay and beautiful Sarasota Bay. During the winter months, the Seaboard Air Line Railway maintain a through sleeping car service between Sarasota, Cincinnati and Washington. The Seaboard’s year-round schedule between Sarasota County and other points also facilitates matters for the tourist or homeseeker. Take your choice. Come any way you want. Any route you select will make an indelible impression upon you—but come, see for yourself the wonderful results of man’s co-operation with Nature.

The Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce offices are always open to the tourist or homeseeker. Detailed, reliable and interesting information may be obtained there. The "cold shoulder" or mercenary smile are never seen in Sarasota County. Instead you will find a feeling of "Glad to see you. Let us help you any way we can, and come again.” If you think this is mere talk, come, try things out.