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In 2019, the South Bend Tribune reported that their city had the ”worst pothole situation in the state. After he tried and failed to fix the problem himself, then-Mayor Pete Buttigieg went to Plan B, accepting grants from Dominos. Yep, Dominos Pizza. In 2019, Domino’s Pizza stepped in offering South Bend a $5,000 Paving for Pizza grant to fill in potholes, Fox News reports. Customers had been asked to nominate their hometown so carryout pizza could have a smooth delivery home.
The grant, created in 2018, asks customers to nominate their hometown to repair potholes so carryout pizza can have a smooth delivery ride home. Domino s consumer public relations specialist Danielle Bulger said only one grant is given per state. South Bend was named Indiana’s recipient.