Home to the Southeast’s largest modern and contemporary art museum, endless miles of beautiful beaches and sparkling, translucent waters, cultural pursuits from cool jazz to hot clubs, and a remarkable concentration of high-end and ethnically diverse restaurants, Jacksonville and Northeast Florida offer visitors the true spirit of Florida, with marvelous meals, flamboyant exhibits, peaceful landscapes and gorgeous gardens.
Forbes.com ranked Jacksonville in the Top Ten for Best Cities to Buy a Home. (7/08)
Jacksonville ranked 4th in Forbes America’s Best Cities for the Outdoors. (6/08)
According to a Newsweek cover story “America’s Best High Schools”, Stanton College Prep and Paxon High School were ranked 5th and 8th best high schools in the nation. Seven area schools made the list and Duval County was the only school district to have two schools ranked in the Top 20. (5/08)
Florida ranked 5th among the 50 states on a Tax Foundation study of business-friendly tax climates in 2008.
Bizjournals ranked Jacksonville as one of its least stressful metros in the Stress Rankings for 50 U.S. Metros study. (2/08)
Forbes ranked Jacksonville as 3rd in its America’s Cleanest Cities list.
According to U.S. News & World Report’s Best High Schools of 2008, four Northeast
Florida regional high schools were named in the top 10 percent.
A Fit Pregnancy study ranked Jacksonville #11 among The Best Cities in America to Have a Baby. Jacksonville was rated as #11 for Most Stroller-Friendly City and #9 for Best City for Childcare. (1/08)
Flagler County was named 3rd in Money's Best Places to Live, Where the Jobs Are. (7/07)
According to an issue of Black Enterprise, Jacksonville was named in the Top 10 Best Cities for African Americans to Work, Live and Play. (4/08)
According to "City Crime Rankings" published by Morgan Quitno Press, the city of Jacksonville ranked in the Top Ten Safest Cities in the U.S. for cities with a population of 500,000 or more. (10/06)
National Geographic Adventure, named Jacksonville as one of the Top 6 Beach Towns in the United States. (9/06)
For the second year in a row, Jacksonville was named one of the Top 25 Arts Destinations in the country for 2006 by American Style.