Ranked as #1 city to live on Livability.com’s Top 100 Best Places to Live list, #1 on Zippia’s Best City to Start Your Career, #42 Best City to Live in America and #9 Ten Best College Towns, the City of Gainesville serves as the cultural, educational, and commercial center of the north central Florida region. The City of Gainesville has a Commission-Manager form of government and employs roughly 2,200 employees, making it one of the largest employers in the region. The City Manager, appointed by the City Commission, is responsible for the day-to-day management of City employees and general government with an operating budget of $354M. In addition to providing a full range of municipal services, the city owns a regional transit system, a municipal airport, a 72-par championship golf course and a utility. The City recently launched an effort to capitalize on Smart City design and the implementation of technology across all aspects of government. The Gainesville metro area population is more than 284,000 people. Geographically, Gainesville consists of approximately 63 square miles. Gainesville is nationally recognized as a great place to live and raise a family due in large part to the University of Florida (#8/US News and World Report’s Top 10 Public Universities) and Santa Fe Community College (2015 Aspen Prize winner/#1 Community College in America), as well as its central location in the state of Florida, putting its citizens within a few hours’ drive of Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota and Florida’s award-winning beaches. To learn how to become a part of the City’s exceptional team, visit our current vacancies at http://www.jobs.cityofgainesville.org.