Oyster Roast on May 11 will benefit the Frisco-Buxton Pathway

April 20, 2024 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

The community is invited to an oyster roast on Saturday, May 11, at the Frisco Woods Campground, with oysters, barbecue, Lost Colony Beer, a bounce house, and live music, which will all combine to raise funds for the Frisco-Buxton Pathway.

The Oyster Roast is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is $40 for adults and $20 for children, and all ticket sales and donations will help the Frisco-Buxton Pathway Committee reach its long-term goal of completing the 7.6-mile pathway project.

Saunders and Barnett with the plans for the new pathway, which was being built by Fred Smith Company. Photo by Frisco Woods Campground

“We currently have raised a little over $104,000,” said Frisco-Buxton Pathway Committee Member and Frisco Woods Campground Manager, Stacey Saunders, in an earlier interview. “We are [also] in the process of applying for a new grant.”

The Hatteras Island community got its first look at the proposed Frisco-Buxton pathway at a 2019 open house, which provided detailed plans of a pathway for pedestrians and cyclists. The pathway will run parallel to N.C. Highway 12, and hopefully, will eventually extend from the Valero Gas Station in Buxton to the Frisco Bathhouse Beach Access, just south of Frisco Village’s borders.

Though there’s a long way to go before the entire 7.6-mile pathway is installed throughout the villages of Buxton and Frisco, the owners of the Frisco Woods Campground marked an initial milestone by funding an initial stretch of sidewalk in late 2023.

The new section of the pathway is just 1,400 feet long, (or approximately .27 miles), and runs from the edge of Frisco Woods Campground to the Little Grove United Methodist Church near Piney Ridge Road.

Although it’s a short stretch of paved pathway, it nevertheless bypasses a number of popular destinations, including the Frisco Woods Campground, Tavern on 12, Hatteras Sno-Balls, and the Pamlico Deli. It also includes a crosswalk near the popular sno-ball stand for safer foot traffic across busy N.C. Highway 12.

“The Frisco Wood Campground donated the 1424 ft. of sidewalk, so all funds previously raised are still in the bank to use for meeting grant guidelines,” said Saunders.

For more information on the May 11 Oyster Roast and other upcoming pathway fundraisers, click here.