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. 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 Gainesville metro area population is more than 339,000 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 and Santa Fe College, 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 https://www.gainesvillefl.gov/Employment-Pages/Employment/Careers.