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The salon in the Ave Maria town center has added a men's barber room and massage therapy from town resident Kathy Delaney to its list of services. Above, resident Patrick Hanley with salon owner Jean Mastendrea in the barber room.
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Collier County Commissioners want to proceed with the Jackson Laboratory project, but they bought time Tuesday to consider the best way to fund the county's $130 million for the proposed biomedical village near Ave Maria. Commissioners decided not to raise property taxes for the coming fiscal year and to adopt a loan arrangement to provide initial financing for the project if the state of Florida's share of the funding -- currently uncertain -- begins flowing.
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Dozens of people spoke both for and against the proposed biomedical village development near Ave Maria before the Collier County Commissioners. After public comments before the commissioners began discussing options for moving forward.
The Naples Daily News is providing live updates on its website here and the proceedings are webcast by the county here
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The diocese said in a statement that it is troubled by Jackson Lab's "openness to human embryonic stem cell research." A diocesan spokesman said the comments are related solely to the type of research that might be performed and that the diocese had no criticism of Tom Monaghan's sale of his interest in land that would be donated by Barron Collier for the research facility.
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The Jackson Laboratory announced today that USF Health has agreed to be a "medical partner" in the planned development of a research park near Ave Maria. USF Health, based in Tampa, has research facilities and schools of medicine, nursing and public health.
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The Naples Daily News reports that the county's Productivity Committee said Tuesday that it could not validate the economic viability of the proposed project based on currently-available data. The committee recommended two funding options if county commissioners decide next week to proceed with the project, both of which would require a referendum: Issuance of bonds or a combined increase in both the sales tax and property tax rate.
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An independent report submitted to Collier County shows that the Ave Maria development has had a positive fiscal impact, both in capital and operating costs, to the county during the last five years. The report was required as part of a process that evaluates the impact of a Stewardship Receiving Area every five years until it is mostly built out.
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 The Ave Maria Blvd. entrance to Ave Maria has reopened after being closed for about a month for the widening of Oil Well Rd. Work on the widening project is said to be on schedule, with at least another year before its completion.
 Pulte Homes now is selling a 3,500-square-foot home with six bedrooms which will be built in an area of the Emerson Park neighborhood of Ave Maria. Many current and prospective residents have been asking for a larger floorplan for years.
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Faster speeds are now available in the Ave Maria area for accessing the internet and other data services on the AT&T wireless network. AT&T has enabled 3G technology on the Ave Maria cell tower, as well as on two other sites near Immokalee.
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A Michigan judge has ruled that a lawsuit by a former Ave Maria College employee can include Ave Maria University as a defendant as a "successor" institution. The ruling means that the suit by Kate Ernsting, alleging wrongful dismissal, can move forward.
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Several teens from the Ave Maria community performed in a recent Opera Naples production of HMS Pinafore. Above, from right, Anthony Dittus, Marcello Marsalli, Paul Dittus and James Bean with Alex Bourzutschky.
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The failure Thursday night of a federal bill that would have extended increased Medicaid payments to the states has implications for the effort to build a Jackson Laboratory facility near Ave Maria. The state of Florida was counting on that money for its preliminary $50-million contribution to the project.
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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has announced that it has granted full accreditation to Ave Maria University.
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 The Ave Maria Oratory council of the Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a community 4th of July celebration from noon to 4 p.m. at the water park.
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More than 30 young swimmers from the town of Ave Maria are participating in the local Swim Florida program.
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Edison State College is said to be considering building a charter high school next to the Jackson Laboratory facility, if the research institution is constructed near Ave Maria.
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A number of uncertainties hang over the plan to build a genetics research facility near Ave Maria, including how or if Collier County can come up with the $130 million it will need to contribute. Funding from the state of Florida also is questionable.
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Ave Maria University will again be host to a conference for high school students, July 9-11. The conference, which will feature talks, adoration, entertainment and other activities, is open to all high school students from rising freshmen to seniors.
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