TIFFIN, OHIO – January 21, 2025 - The 10th annual Downtown Tiffin St. Paddy’s Day 5K Run/Walk is set to take place on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Known as “the luckiest 5K there is,” the event celebrates a decade of festive fun and fitness while supporting downtown revitalization programs.
The race will begin at Calvert Catholic Schools, located at 152 Madison Street, with check-in starting at 8:30 a.m. and the race starting promptly at 10:00 a.m. Registration is $30 and includes a commemorative race T-shirt for participants who register by March 1. Children aged 10 and under can participate for free, with an option to purchase a youth T-shirt.
Awards will be presented to the top male and female runners in youth, adult, and senior categories. A prize for the best-dressed participant will encourage runners and walkers to showcase their St. Patrick’s Day spirit with creative costumes and festive green attire. Official timing for the race will be provided by Dave’s Running.
Current race sponsors include Clover Club, Financial Design Agency of Ohio, Reineke Family Dealerships, Seneca News Daily, Seneca Starvue Theater & Events, Tiell Financial Group, and UIS Insurance & Investments. Sponsorship opportunities are still available for $150. For more information, contact Donna Gross, Downtown Tiffin Main Street Manager, at gross@tiffinseneca.org or 419-447-3831.
Proceeds from the event will benefit downtown revitalization programs, ensuring the continued vibrancy of Downtown Tiffin as a community hub. Following the race, participants and visitors are encouraged to explore local shops, restaurants, and other downtown attractions.
For more information and to register, visit LuckyTiffin5k.com.
About Downtown Tiffin
The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.
About Heritage Ohio
Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.
About Main Street America
Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.
