ST. CLAIRSVILLE — St. Clairsville Main Street Small Business says this is “nacho average” Cinco De Mayo block party.

The third annual celebration will be at 4 p.m. Monday and will envelop the entire business district of Main Street in the city.

“It’s our big block party and scavenger hunt, and it just gets bigger and bigger and more popular every year,” Cedar One Realty realtor and Manager and St. Clairsville Main Street Small Business co-founder Heidi Riley said.

She added that the event will have a massive scavenger hunt that will reward the winners with various gift baskets.

“We have 18 businesses all up and down Main Street that are all involved, and you’ll go to any one of the participating locations and pick up your map,” she said. “You’ll go around to each location and find an item on the scavenger hunt list, and once you’ve completed your map, you just turn it in at whatever business you’re at. And Tuesday we will be doing a drawing and will have over 18 gift baskets to be given out to everybody who completed the scavenger hunt.”

Riley added that not only is the scavenger hunt free, but the block party has no cost to enter.

“We have a lot of music and food and games and all kinds of things going on. Here at Cedar One Realty, we’re going to have a Mexican food buffet, and you get to eat the food buffet if you donate to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library,” she said.

In addition to Cedar One Realty, Main Street will be overflowing with local vendors such as Kernels Crew selling popcorn, Wash House Pours Candles, Creek Creations, Kirke’s Homemade Ice Cream, Lakeside Creations, and many more.

There will also be live music from prominent local acts playing covers and original music.

“We have Jason’s cool car, and It’s got a light show and music and sound system that’ll be going up and down through town. So we’ve got a lot of fun, exciting things that will be going on,” Riley said.

And what’s a block party without beer?

The city’s Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area will be in effect throughout the duration of the event. The DORA allows businesses to sell alcohol to patrons with a plastic cup stating the business’s name and that it is an authorized DORA participating location. Customers are able to leave that business with the cup containing an alcoholic beverage and walk around the permitted DORA area.

The designated area is roughly 14 acres, starting at the intersection of North Marietta Street and St. David’s Alley, extending east along St. David’s Alley, south along North Sugar Street and South Sugar Street, west along St. Patrick’s Alley, including the length of Main Street from Marietta Street to Sugar Street.

“We will have the street blocked off and Dora is in effect. Everybody’s free to go into any of the restaurants here and get your drinks, and you’re able to walk up and down the street and enjoy all the entertainment,” Riley said.

She said the inspiration for the original event three years ago came from her and the other members of the Main Street Small Business organization thinking of ways to bring more traffic to Main Street.

“A lot of people weren’t aware of all the new businesses that were opening here. So we decided to start this small business group. It went from just three or four of us to now we have 18 to 24 participants in our Main Street, and it’s bringing all kinds of fun activities,” Riley said. “We had a chocolate walk in February that we had over 250 people attend, and we have the Artwalk coming up on May 15. We have a car show in June, and we have Christmas in July coming up. We just have a lot of fun things to bring the community into the downtown and let them see everybody that’s available here on Main Street and bring everybody together as a community.”