St. Patrick’s Day parade

We’re anticipating a large crowd and with that, we need to make sure everyone celebrates safely.

Special traffic/parking restrictions will begin at 12:00 noon on North and South Main Street. We will again be implementing a “soft closure” at that time to allow shoppers to finish up and without confusing everyone with a bunch of details, we’ll try to make it as simple as we can:

* If you see a barricade or cones in your lane of traffic, that’s for you and you are restricted from entering that area. Please, don’t go around them.

Any new, incoming traffic along the parade route will not be able to enter. (We’ve included parking options on this post for you to use.)

At 2:00 pm! – *ALL vehicles still parked on Main Street, starting from Davis Street (Elementary side of school) all the way down to Founder’s Park (all of S. Main Street), must be moved by 2:00 pm!

The parade will include oversized equipment and we must have the route clear of all parking along the route. (This includes Boardman) If you’re parked along the route at 2:01 or after, we have to assume you’re not coming and we’ll be forced to start scrambling to tow vehicles.

Obviously, we don’t want to do this, but with the large equipment and heavy foot traffic, it’s critical to the safety of our parade-goers we don’t have to navigate parked vehicles, in addition to everything else.

Please help spread the word and remind your neighbors, family, friends, co-workers and customers as we get closer to the event.

As always, we appreciate all your help and support.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

E-mail: epdchief@alpinecom.net or you may call: (563) 245-3110

Thank you, we hope you enjoy your time and let’s all stay safe!

Chief Mitch Seitz