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Top 10 Reasons Cape Coral is the Natural Fit for Your Business
Our city offers an impressive quality of life due to excellent health services, affordable real estate and competitive cost of living.  Cape Coral is home to progressive education facilities and an extensive parks and recreation network.  Cape Coral is located on Florida’s Gulf of Mexico which makes it an exciting place to live with plenty of recreational opportunities.  Contact our Cape Coral Economic Development Office today for assistance with relocating or expanding your business to Cape Coral, Florida.
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To learn more about recreation in Cape Coral, check out our tourism website.  This site is in English, German and Spanish and contains information about all the things to do here in the Cape for both visitors
and residents.
www.tourthecape.com

Education



Educational Facilities
 are plentiful. Cape Coral is well served by regional colleges and universities including Florida Gulf Coast University.  Our city has its own municipal Charter School system and is part of the Lee County School District. Read more

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Cape Coral Quality of Life

Cape Coral:

A Natural Fit

For Work And Play

Enjoy Impressive Quality of Life & Exciting Tropical Lifestyle in Cape Coral

It’s easy to take pleasure in Cape Coral’s more than 400 miles of sparkling waterways, community activities for all ages, and a climate that boasts year-round sunshine. 

Cape Coral's excellent health services, affordable real estate and competitive cost of living make the city a top-choice for relocation. Cape Coral is home to progressive education facilities and an extensive parks and recreation network.

Our strategic location and excellent infrastructure, paired with an unparalleled quality of life and the laid-back Florida tropical lifestyle make Cape Coral a natural fit for work and play. Cape Coral is located on Florida’s Gulf of Mexico which makes it an exciting place to live with plenty of recreational opportunities.

Our community is rich in diversity and cultural opportunities. Cape Coral offers a unique mix of tropical relaxation and fun-filled activities for the whole family. With an international population, there are also plenty of culinary delights, culture, and festivals to discover.

Cape Coral is among the safest cities in Florida with populations over 150,000 according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Top Reasons to Live in Cape Coral, Florida
  1. The cost of houses is among the lowest in the State of Florida
  2. Outstanding climate – sunshine year round
  3. One of the lowest crime rates in the United States
  4. Water wonderland with more than 400  miles of canals and 27 miles of shoreline
  5. Ecological heaven
  6. Relaxed tropical lifestyle
  7. Quality educational facilities
  8. Extensive parks and recreation facilities
  9. Progressive tax structure
  10. Excellent health services

    Do you really need another reason to live in Cape Coral?  

    Recreation
    Cape Coral is known for its waterfront living and tropical lifestyle. Our city offers more than 400 miles of waterways, with water sports, unparalleled natural beauty, and trophy level fishing. Cape Coral’s glistening canal system offers boaters access to the Gulf of Mexico via the beautiful Caloosahatchee River and the Matlacha Pass estuary.  Enjoy sunshine year round and adventures on the water with boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing and bird watching. 

    Cape Coral offers a variety of Gulf beaches in its immediate neighborhood, such as  Sanibel Island and Fort Myers Beach, as well as a wealth of smaller tropical islands and fishing grounds.. The city features its own sandy beach and fishing pier on the Caloosahatchee River at the Yacht Basin & Club.

    Even more family activities offer the exciting SunSplash water park, more than 30 recreational parks, seven golf courses, festivals, resorts and much more. And in Cape Coral, you are only a  few hours from the attractions of Orlando or the bustling cities of Miami and Tampa.


    The City of Cape Coral is home to an outstanding Parks & Recreation Department.  Learn more about our City's parks and facilities, which include public boat ramps and even a golf course. Programs and services include public events throughout the year and an excellent athletics program, offering adult and youth sports.

    View Cape Coral Park Map and learn more.

    View 360 Degree Virtual Tours and photographs from Cape Coral's parks, ecological preserves, and festivals.
    Environmental Protection
    Our city is proud of its responsible environmental attitude. Here, we live in harmony with a huge variety of wildlife. The Caloosahatchee River and Matlacha Pass Estuary offer unlimited opportunities to explore our natural surroundings. Enjoy elevated nature trails through the mangroves at Four Mile Cove Ecological Preserve, famous for its waterfowl, wading birds, migrant songbirds, gopher tortoises, dolphins and reptiles. Rotary Park takes you close to wading birds, raptors, butterflies, foxes and other wildlife. Track exotic birds and native fish from the boardwalk at Lake Kennedy and count the manatees at Sirenia Vista Park.
    Healthcare

    Cape Coral is well served by healthcare clinics and services. The city will be the home of the new 220,000 sf regional VA Clinic.

    Cape Coral Hospital
    , a 291-bed acute-care facility, is one of several highly respected facilities that serve Cape Coral and the Gulf Coast, and was listed as one of the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation three out of the last five years. Among the services offered are an emergency department, rehabilitation, pediatrics, obstetrics, oncology, general surgery, urology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and orthopedics. 

    Culture

    Cape Coral’s cultural assets 
    include the historical museum, the art studio, the Cape Coral Art League, and the Cultural Park Theater, a 187-seat performing arts facility that serves as home to our community actors. In addition, there are several regional arts and performance venues in the immediate area, including the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, which hosts well-known entertainers and the traveling casts of major Broadway shows. Germain Arena and FGCU’s Alico Arena serve up major entertainment and sporting events.

    City of Cape Coral
    Economic Development Office
    City Hall
    1015 Cultural Park Blvd.
    Cape Coral, FL 33990 
    P:  (239)  574-0444
    F:  (239)   547-0452
    T:  (866)   573-3089
    Email: ecodev@capecoral.net
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