![]() “If we can drag a couple of thousand people downtown to watch a leprechaun change a river green and come out with all these positives because of it, I’m all for it.” “My goal is to drive people into businesses and restaurants and places to shop locally and promote the downtown area,” he said. With the weather expected to be around 30 degrees, Smeraldo said the event should not be “ice cold.” He is encouraging community to take advantage of the free entertainment for children, the opportunity to interact with fellow community members, participate in the various activities and scavenger hunt and support local businesses and agencies in Jamestown. It gets people at the Riverwalk, which is great, and it brings people out.” “I mean, we could do a lot more and I’d like to do a lot more hopefully next year, but I think it’s huge. “To be honest with you, it could be bigger,” he said. “At 11 is when the lucky leprechaun will uses his shillelagh and dip it in the water and turn it green,” Smeraldo said, “but the booths will stay open from 10 to 12 with the Irish music and everything.”Īsked about the importance of the “Turn the River Green” event, Smeraldo explained that the event is “huge” for the Jamestown community. to 12 p.m., the official “Turn the River Green” ceremony portion of Saturday’s event will take place at 11 a.m. While activities will be available from 10 a.m. He explained that the scavenger hunt provides an opportunity to increase “foot traffic” Saturday from the Chadakoin river and “up through downtown.” ![]() Smeraldo said the purpose of the scavenger hunt is to encourage people to “mingle” throughout downtown Jamestown and explore what the city and local businesses have to offer. “There will be a table where you can get a sheet with 10 clues for 10 different businesses, and it’ll lead you to the businesses and then you go in and when you locate the one that matches the clue, you take a picture or find an item maybe the business has highlighted, scan your phone to the QR code and then your entries are registered and then we’ll contact you after for some prizes.” “All you have to do is be at the river,” he said. 10 local businesses will be featured in the scavenger hunt. Smeraldo told The Post-Journal a scavenger hunt will also be available throughout downtown Jamestown for community members to participate in during the day from 11 a.m.
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