Ave Maria, Florida

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Ave Maria, Florida
—  Town  —
Country  United States
State  Florida
County  Collier
Elevation[1] 3 ft (1 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 34142
Area code(s) 239
FIPS code 12-47625[2]
GNIS feature ID 0287528[3]
Website http://www.avemariadistrict.com

Coordinates: 26°20′08″N 81°28′07″W / 26.33556°N 81.46861°W / 26.33556; -81.46861 Ave Maria, Florida, United States is a planned college town currently under development in Collier County, near Immokalee and Naples. It is an unincorporated community, founded in 2005 by a partnership consisting of the Barron Collier Cos., a large diversified private company, and the Ave Maria Foundation led by Catholic philanthropist and activist Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza and the Chancellor of Ave Maria University. [4] The development of the town was made possible when the Florida legislature created the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, a limited, single and specialized purpose Local Government whose single and specialized purpose is to provide infrastructure, including community development systems, facilities, services, projects, and improvements to the Ave Maria Community.

The Roman Catholic oratory at Ave Maria

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Naples, United States Page". Falling Rain Genomics. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070517105526/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/12/Naples.html. Retrieved 2007-09-10. 
  2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  3. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  4. ^ Cooperman, Alan (March 25, 2007). "Magnate's Decisions Stir Controversy". The Washington Post: On Faith. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR2007032400970.html. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
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