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In late [[2004]], Studer became involved in a group that would become the [[Community Maritime Park Associates]], which proposed a development to occupy the [[City of Pensacola|City]]-owned [[Trillium property]]. The [[Community Maritime Park]] project, which was approved by the [[Pensacola City Council]] in [[2005]] and again by voter referendum in [[2006]], is a public-private partnership which will include a new baseball stadium for the Pelicans and a conference center and office space for Studer's company. Studer himself became a lightning rod for much of the controversy surrounding the Park.
Studer and his wife have donated to various social organizations in the Pensacola area, including $2,200,000 to the [[Lacey A. Collier Snoezelen Complex]] at [[Westgate]]. Studer donated $222.25 million to the [[maritime museum]] of the [[Community Maritime Park]] (doubled by the state's matching grant program) and pledged that he would donate all profits from the Pensacola Pelicans — including any profits should he ever sell the team — to local charities.
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