Links to Local Information

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

• Longboat Key Chamber
• Manatee Chamber
• Sarasota Chamber
• Siesta Key Chamber
• Venice Chamber

MEDIA: NEWSPAPERS

• Anna Maria Island Sun
• Bradenton Herald
• Gulf Coast Business Review
• Sarasota Herald Tribune

GOVERNMENT

• Manatee County Government
• Sarasota County Government
• Sarasota County Storm Center
• City of Bradenton

ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT

• Art League of Manatee County
• Asolo Theater 
• Banyan Theater Company
• Bayfront Arena
• Circus Sarasota
• Gloria Musicae
• Golden Apple Theatre
• Florida West Coast Symphony
• Manatee Convention & Civic Center
• Manatee Players/Riverfront Theater
• Ringling Museum of Art
• Salvador Dali Museum
• Sarasota Chorus of the Keys
• Sarasota County Arts Council
• Sarasota Ballet of Florida
• Sarasota Film Festival
• St. Petersburg Times Arena
• South Florida Museum
• Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
• Tampa Museum of Arts
• Van Wezel Perfoming Arts Hall
• Venice Little Theatre
• Village of the Arts

THEME  PARKS

• Busch Gardens

NATURE AND SCIENCE      

• Florida State Parks
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
• Mote Aquarium
• Sarasota Jungle Gardens
• South Florida Museum    

SCHOOLS

• Manatee County School District
• Sarasota County School District
• IMG Academies

AREA UNIVERSITIES

• Argosy University/Sarasota
• Eckerd College
• FSU Film School
• Keiser College
• Manatee Community College
• New College of Florida
• Ringling School Of Art And Design
• University of S. Florida Sarasota/Manatee

PRO SPORTS

• Tampa Bay Buccaneers/Raymond James Stadium
• Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Tropicana Field
• Tampa Bay Lightning/St. Petersburg Times Arena
• Tampa Bay Storm/St. Petersburg Times Arena
• Pittsburgh Pirates Training/McKechnie Field
• Cincinati Reds Training/Ed Smith Stadium    

SHOPPING

• Channelside in Tampa
• Venice Main Street
• Ybor City

Anna Maria Island Historical Museum
DeSoto National Memorial Park
• Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum  
• Gamble Mansion
• Henry B. Plant Musuem, Tampa
• Historic Spanish Point     
• Powell Crosley Museum    
• Ybor City

INFORMATIONAL SITES

• Downtown Sarasota Florida
• Sarasota.com
• Florida's Gulf Islands
• VisitBradenton.com

TRANSPORTATION

• Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
• Tampa International Airport
• St. Petersburg - Clearwater International Airport
• Florida Dept. of Transportation