Inverness Parade Volunteers

Dear Community Members, The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to host the 2024 Patriotic Christmas Parade in Inverness on Saturday, December 14th! We’re inviting volunteers to help make this event a wonderful celebration of community and patriotism. Here are the volunteer shifts and roles available: Check-In: 7:30 am – 12:00 pm Staging: 7:30 am – 11:30 am Set Up and Break Down: 7:30 am – 2:00 pm If you’re available and would like to participate, please sign up by replying to this email or through our volunteer registration page: Volunteer Application – Inverness Christmas Parade Thank you for helping us bring the spirit of the holidays to our community! We look forward to working together to make this parade a memorable event. Warm regards, Missy Slanker special Events Manager Citrus County Chamber of Commerce

To View the Parade: Park along W. Main St. beginning in the area of Cherry Ave. (Next to Taco Bell), the parade will enter W. Main St. by Dunkin Donuts and head east toward downtown Inverness, then turn off at E. Grace St. right after Mama's Kuntry Kafe. The parade will then follow Grace St. towards HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, following the curve to the right, turning left to continue on to Grace St., turning left on S. Line Ave., then turning right onto W. Highland Blvd., ending at Citrus High School. Traffic Detour Information: Main Street will be closed from Hwy. 44 East to Montgomery Ave. All traffic will be detoured around Main Street via Montgomery Ave. and W. Highland Blvd. N. Apopka Ave., E. Dampier Street, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. will be closed; traffic will be detoured down E. Dampier St. to N. Seminole Ave. onto Tompkins St. Grace St. will be closed; all traffic will be detoured via W. Highland Blvd. Gospel Island residents will use Zephyr Street and Tompkins St. to Hwy. 41 North. Highlands South community can utilize alternate routes to 41 South by utilizing Hill Street and Inverness Blvd and Pleasant Grove Road by utilizing West Arbor Street. Road Closures will begin at 10:45 AM and are estimated to last until 2:00 PM.