Along with shops and restaurants, the town square also features the Ave Maria parish church with steel arches and a 30-foot-tall marble carving of the Annunciation.

[9] The new land will be used mainly for single family homes, as well as a new town center and additional retail sites.

[17] Ave Maria is 36 miles northeast of downtown Naples, Florida, and part of Collier County.

[24] Visitors have access to a number of nearby nature centers, including the undeveloped wetlands of Camp Keais Strand, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Everglades, and Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and Blair Audubon Center.

[26] Ave Maria and the surrounding area is sprayed regularly by CMCD aircraft with the pesticide naled to control mosquito-borne diseases such as West Nile virus.

[29] Four water toxicity tests in 2007 and 2008 showed carcinogenic trihalomethane levels above the legal limit for contaminants.

[34][35] The main Ave Maria Town Center has an open-air walkable design and covers 100,000 square feet.

[36] Ave Maria has condominiums, attached villas, and single family homes, with plans for a 300-unit apartment complex announced in 2023.

[41] Váró's "Good Shepherd" sculpture is featured inside the church; it was also carved in marble from Cave Michelangelo in Carrara, Italy.

[42] The church is part of the Diocese of Venice, and serves as the parish for local residents, students, and visitors.