Economic Development Report
Sarasota Sister Cities
November 15, 2019Reports: economicdevelopmentreports.blogspot.comEconomic Development Information: Sarasotasistercities.com
We conducted our Economic Development Presentation on November 7, 2019 at the Selby Library. The City, County, and Sylva Kanderal made excellent presentations.
The purpose of the presentations was to inform our Members about Economic Development in the City and County of Sarasota and how to make a business investment to secure a Visa Green Card. The presentations can be found on our Economic Development blog at sarasotasistercities.com. The presenters were:
VP of Business Development Services
Sylva Kanderal and Craig Hullinger
Investments to secure a Visa Green Card EB-5
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We will work with Mike Fehily to try to find a carrier who would link our metro area to Merida. Our metro area including the Tampa Bay region has almost 4,000,000 people, while the State of Yucatan including Merida and Cancun has almost 2,000,000. A sea or air link would increase trade and tourism among the two regions. This is a long shot, but we will give it a try.
Connections Merida and Sarasota Sarasota has an established relationship with Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, directly across the Gulf of Mexico. The two cities have conducted numerous exchanges and desire to increase travel and economic links among the regions.
At present there is no direct air or sea connection between the two regions. A connecting flight to Houston or Miami is required and there is no sea connection.
A direct connection between Yucatan and the Sarasota / Manatee / Tampa / Clearwater metro area could be very successful. Yucatan including Merida and Cancun have over 2 million people. Tampa / Clearwater / Sarasota / Manatee metros have nearly 4 million people.
Population____Metro Area___
2,097,000____Yucatan including Merida
3,142,663___ Tampa Clearwater Metro
821,473___ Sarasota Manatee Metro
3,964,136___ Sarasota / Manatee / Tampa / Clearwater
Yucatán, the Mexican state, is known for its Gulf of Mexico beaches and Mayan ruins. Famed Chichén Itzá encompasses a massive pyramid, ball court and stone temples. Other Mayan sites include Ek Balam, noted for well preserved sculptures, and Uxmal, with its intricate carved facades. Yucatán’s capital and largest city, Mérida, has a Spanish colonial history reflected in buildings such as 16th-century Mérida Cathedral.
Population: 2.097 million (2015)
GDP: US$ 9,191,180.625Sarasota metropolitan area is a metropolitan area located in Southwest Florida. The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton metropolitan statistical area as a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consisting of Manatee County and Sarasota County.[1] The largest cities in the MSA are North Port and Sarasota (both in Sarasota County) and Bradenton (in Manatee County). At the 2010 Census, the MSA had a population of 702,281. The Census Bureau estimates that its population was 821,573 in 2018.
Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical AreaEdit
The population of the Tampa Bay MSA is estimated at 3,142,663 people as of 2018.
Action Plan
Sarasota Sister Cities Economic Development will contact air and sea providers in an effort to find a carrier who would establish service.
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