We need 1,000 signatures ASAP to show the Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission that we do not want to lose 1,500 acres of citrus groves in Central Florida to 2,500 homes, commercial spaces, and industrial facilities for a development named Queen's Crossing in Sanford, Florida. Click here to read the Save Florida Citrus Groves Foundation’s open letter to the Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission.

Florida’s citrus groves are in trouble. Developers are turning once-thriving orange groves into barren landscapes set for new real estate development. The Save Florida Citrus Groves Foundation is the first and only nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the backbone of Florida's citrus legacy, small farmers. Your contribution helps to save small, family-owned citrus groves—with volunteer support, advocacy, and economic grants—from state-sponsored destruction. Because without orange groves, Florida is a lost cause to corruption. Take a stand and donate today to stop the decay.

To the Members of the Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission,

We, the Save Florida Citrus Groves Foundation and countless Floridians, write to you with a deep sense of urgency and concern regarding the proposed Queen’s Crossing development in Sanford, Florida. This project, which plans to bulldoze 1,500 acres of historic citrus groves, threatens not only the cultural and agricultural heritage of Seminole County but also its economic and environmental future. Our foundation, dedicated to preserving Florida’s citrus legacy, strongly opposes this development and urges you to reconsider or halt the destruction of these irreplaceable groves.

Seminole County is the birthplace of Florida’s modern citrus industry. In the 1870s, Henry S. Sanford planted groves near Crystal Lake, pioneering the cultivation of the Valencia orange—a variety that remains the backbone of Florida’s citrus economy today. These groves are not just agricultural assets; they are living monuments to the visionaries who shaped Florida’s identity. To bulldoze them for short-term development is to erase a chapter of our state’s history that cannot be rewritten.

When you sign this petition, we all become one step closer to saving as much of these remaining acres of citrus groves as we can. While we may not be able to stop this development or reduce its scope, these petitions will send a message to the Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission for future grove demolitions in Seminole County.

We urge you to reject this application and prioritize the preservation of Florida's agricultural legacy over short-term corporate profit.