Spruce Creek Celebration and Fundraiser Event 2024

About this event

This December yearly celebration and fundraising event will benefit the "Save Don't Pave Spruce Creek" Campaign to stop the Pioneer Interchange and will be hosted by Cracker Creek, Spruce Creek RiverWorks, Inc., and the Sweetwater Coalition of Volusia County, Inc.

Dress is casual, parking is plentiful, and tickets are only $50.  Catered food platters will be provided by Port Orange's very own Bela Lisboa.  The event will include holiday-themed and other live music by local musicians.  There will also be local speakers, a small auction of local plants and goodies, and special presentation of the 2024 "Courage in Leadership" award to local environmental bird and wildlife expert David Hartgrove for the positive difference he has made for our environment and community over many decades of service.  All proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards the fight to protect Spruce Creek from the harmful Pioneer Trail/I-95 Interchange and other wetland-destroying projects in Volusia.

Please help us protect this ecologically valuable land, and enjoy an afternoon of fun and networking while you do!

The Story Behind Save Don't Pave Spruce Creek

Over $120 million of federal and state funds are being used to revive a once-dead, ecologically-devastating, and widely-unpopular project known as the "Interchange at I-95 and Pioneer Trail," located in New Smyrna Beach, FL.

If built, this project will destroy: 1) scores of wetlands directly and many more indirectly, 2) habitat for endangered species, 3) a Florida Forever property designated as “A-listed” for future land acquisition into the Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve, and 4) a watershed (Spruce Creek) already severely impaired and over-developed, likely violating several federal laws, including scrub jay and manatee protection. It will also cut off the only animal corridor to the Spruce Creek Preserve to the northeast, as all other land connections have already been built out.

Transportation experts have also said this interchange is unneeded and will not improve traffic, and the money can rightfully be used elsewhere.  Let's not ruin our local economy with more sprawl!

To donate to our cause, please visit: https://www.mightycause.com/story/Stoppioneerinterchange

To learn more about our efforts, please visit: https://savedontpavesprucecreek.com/

For questions, email: SaveDontPaveSpruceCreek@gmail.com