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4. Both the town and the University were founded by Domino's Pizza founder ...
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 12:26 PM
Sunday

... Tom Monaghan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria,_Florida

The community [Ave Maria, FL] was founded in 2005 by Ave Maria Development, a partnership of Barron Collier Companies and the Ave Maria Foundation led by Catholic entrepreneur Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza and Ave Maria University, which is located in the heart of town.


Edited to add this info about Monaghan and the town of Ave Maria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Monaghan

In February 2006, ground was broken for the new Catholic university and town, Ave Maria, Florida. A joint venture, in which Monaghan is a 50% partner with developer Barron Collier, controls all non-university real estate in the town, and plans to build 11,000 homes and several business districts. Pulte Homes has been signed up to build most of the private homes. Monaghan said in 2005 that any town retailers would not be allowed to sell contraceptives or pornography, a statement that drew legal criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union.


I wouldn't be surprised if there were plenty of anti-vaxers in the neighborhood.

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