Cottleville's St. Patrick's Day Parade Steps Off at Noon Saturday
The celebration includes a 7K race and Fun Run.
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St. Patrick's Day in Cottleville has become a tradition in St. Charles County.
- What: Cottleville St. Patrick's Day Parade
- When: Parade begins at noon
- Where: Cottleville, MO
The day kicks off at 8 a.m. with the Run for the Helmet, a 7K race and Fun Run. The course for the race begins near the fire station and loops through Cottleville, finishing at Sherlock's Steak & Seafood for the post-race party.
The St. Patrick's Day Parade begins at noon on Saturday. The route for the parade starts at Cottleville Parkway and Weiss Road. The parade will follow Weiss Road to Highway N, traveling through historic downtown Cottleville. The route then turns left at Hwy. N and ends at Francis Howell Central.
The parade is expected to have approximately 100 units including "clans," non-commercial groups of family members, neighbors or other organized groups.
Shuttles will run beginning at 6:30 a.m., with a break for the 7K run, and then resuming again until 4 p.m. Visitors may park at Old America Furniture (5991 Mid Rivers Mall Drive), St. Charles Community College (4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive) or Warren Elementary School (141 Weiss Road). The shuttle will drop off and pick up from Sherlock's, Cottleville Wine Seller and the Cottleville Fire Station.
Brendan
12:07 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
After getting up early and packing all the chairs, etc., We arrived at the shuttle location. While there were 100's of people waiting in line with us, several of us were left standing. We requested one more shuttle, which would have taken the rest of us to the parade and were told they would try to send another. After waiting for this bus, we were shocked when one pulled up and dropped off people but refused to take the 20+ of us still waiting. Parade ruined for these angry Irish
Jim Frain
5:13 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
We had a delightful (yet cold) day at the Cottleville Parade...Parked at a friends home and walked...I am sorry that Brendan had this problem...Mayor Yarber will be very disappointed to hear that this happened with the shuttle problem...He and the city work hard on this parade.
Ryan
9:32 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
We were also among the people that were left standing in the cold by the shuttle service. After waiting in line for over an hour, we boarded the bus with our kids, and were then told that the bus was only going to the college, not downtown like the website indicated. Then to add insult to injury, we were told that they had too many people on the bus, and we had to leave. You can imagine how well that went over with a 4 and 5 year old that wanted to ride a bus and see a parade.
I understand that this is a volunteer operation, but don't offer a service that leaves people in the cold.