Gainesville is one of the greatest places to live in the U.S.A. and has won numerous prodigious awards and recognitions from many magazines and authority figures. In 1995, Money Magazine rated Gainesville as the #1 Best Place to Live in America. 2003 brought about the Gold Well City USA Award granted by the Wellness Councils of America because of the over 60% of the population being involved in community service and helping others. Gainesville was the first and only to win this award. Also, AARP Magazine proclaimed Gainesville the #11 of the Top 15 Best Places to Reinvent Your Life. In the next year two more awards were bestowed on the proud citizens of Gainesville, #3 on the Southern Business and Development Magazine’s 100 Top Deals and Hot Markets and the Silver-Level Bicycle-Friendly Community Award granted by the League of American Bicyclist for three more successive years. Gainesville’s grand Downtown Festival & Art Show was honored with the 2005 Commemorative Poster Award. In the same year, seven more awards were added to the collection, 1st Place media awards for the Gainesville annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, Tree City USA and Tree City USA Growth Award granted by the National Arbor Day Foundation for both 2005 and 2006, The Downtown Festival & Art Show came in as #40 in the nation by Greg Lawler’s Art Fair Sourcebook, The Growth Management Pilot Community award, The Most Technologically Advanced City in Florida and 30th in the whole nation, and The Top Ten Cities in the USA for Outdoor Activities rated by Sperling. In the years to come Gainesville’s schools would take on many title including ranking in the top 2 Institute of Culinary Arts, #4 and #6 best high schools in the nation earned by Eastside High (Go Rams!!!) along with many others. All in all, Gainesville is truly one of the best places to live in the USA for our academic and environmentally-friendly prowess.
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