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Downtown Racine hosts first St Patty Pub Crawl

The Void VFW Those who visit at least eight locations and be entered to win over $300 in tavern gift cards and drink chips. A map of pub crawl locations is available at racinedowntown.com. Irish food Irish food specials will be available at The Ivanhoe Pub & Eatery, Amos Los Tacos, Taeja Vu’s on Main, Reefpoint Brew House, Butcher and Barrel, Joey’s Yardarm, Marci’s on Main, Blue Rock Lounge, Dewey’s and the VFW. Live music Live music by Lara Bell will be featured at Marci’s on Main from 3 to 6 p.m. DJs will be spinning tunes at Pub on Wisconsin beginning at 9 p.m. and The Brickhouse at 10 p.m.

Real Racine suing Mount Pleasant for alleged illegal spending of hotel tax revenue

MOUNT PLEASANT — Real Racine, Racine County’s visitor’s bureau, is accusing the Village of Mount Pleasant of illegally spending the hotel room taxes it has collected this year. Under state law, municipalities are allowed to collect a tax of up to 8% on hotel room rentals. Of that revenue, at least 70% must be spent on “tourism promotion and tourism development,” with the rest being able to be added to a city’s/town’s/village’s general fund. At the end of 2020, the Village of Mount Pleasant ended its contract with Real Racine — in which it paid 75% of its room taxes to the visitor’s bureau — but has continued collecting room taxes.

COVID affects three major local events

RACINE — The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant on three major local events coming up in the next couple weeks. The St. Patrick’s Day parade is canceled, but two popular food-supporting fundraisers are still a go — albeit online. Parade For the second year in a row, St. Patrick’s Day will be celebrated without a parade in Racine. Bars and restaurants are planning events to coincide with what is normally one of the City of Racine’s biggest annual celebrations, in part due to the city’s large Catholic and Irish populations, not to mention a vibrant bar scene.

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