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Downtown Tiffin to Host Annual Third Thursday Trick-or-Treat and Great Pumpkin Drop

October 8, 2025

TIFFIN, OHIO – October 08, 2025 – Downtown Tiffin will host its annual Third Thursday Trick-or-Treat and Great Pumpkin Drop on Thursday, October 16, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Participating Downtown merchants, organizations, and building owners will distribute candy and treats to trick-or-treaters throughout the downtown district, including South Washington Street. Costumes are welcome.

At 6:30 p.m., the Tiffin Fire /Rescue Division will conduct the third annual Great Pumpkin Drop in City Lot 6, using a 100-foot ladder truck. Students from Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers (VSCTC) will decorate pumpkins in advance to represent their programs. These pumpkins will be displayed in City Lot 6 prior to the drop. Community members are invited to donate in support of SkillsUSA, a student leadership and professional development program. Each donation also counts as a vote for your favorite pumpkin, with all proceeds benefiting Sentinel Career and Technology Center.

Additional activities in City Lot 6 will include interactive crafts sponsored by VSCTC and food trucks.

Tiffin City Mayor Wilkinson commented, “The downtown Trick-or-Treat and Great Pumpkin Drop is a wonderful example of how our community comes together to celebrate, support our youth, and showcase the spirit of Tiffin.”

The annual Downtown merchant Halloween window decorating contest will also begin on October 16. Visitors may vote for their favorite displays by scanning QR codes available at participating businesses.

More information about the event can be found on Downtown Tiffin’s Facebook page.

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About Downtown Tiffin
The revitalization of Downtown Tiffin began in 2011 with the formation of Tiffin Tomorrow, a grassroots initiative led by community members dedicated to promoting economic development and ensuring the long-term prosperity of the downtown district. In 2014, the City of Tiffin partnered with local organizations to serve as the official downtown development entity. Tiffin Tomorrow was incorporated into this effort, which now operates under the Seneca County Collaborative as the Downtown Development Board, the governing body for downtown revitalization efforts.

Since 2015, Downtown Tiffin has proudly participated in Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program, further strengthening its commitment to historic preservation, economic vitality, and community engagement. Downtown Tiffin is also recognized as a nationally accredited Main Street America Program. Learn more at www.DowntownTiffin.org.

About the Seneca County Collaborative
The Seneca County Collaborative brings together the Seneca Regional Chamber & Development, Downtown Tiffin, and Destination Seneca County under one unified structure to better serve the businesses, communities, and residents of Seneca County. This integrated approach aligns economic development, tourism, downtown revitalization, and business services to create greater impact, improve access to resources, and drive long-term success across the county. Learn more at www.OneSeneca.org.

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.

 
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