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Board approves multiple event road closures, date correction for June 14 St. Vincent 5K
Summary
Evansville’s Board of Public Works approved a slate of event road-closure permits and barricade requests, including a Riverside Drive street-closure for an August car show and a corrected date for St. Vincent’s Early Learning Center 5K on June 14, 2025.
Evansville’s Board of Public Works on May 4 approved multiple event-related street-closure and barricade requests previously reviewed by the Board of Public Safety.
Items approved included: - A Riverside Drive closure from Court Street to Cherry Street for a Riverside car show tied to Evansville Street Rods and a related fundraising event, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, with barricades requested. The application was described as supporting a car show and fundraising for Easterseals. - A date correction for St. Vincent’s Early Learning Center Inc.’s "Splash of Color" 5K family run/walk. The board corrected the application date from June 8 to Saturday, June 14, 2025, and approved closure of portions of Bob Greasy Pass to Rice Avenue East North, Reed Street, and Rickard Avenue into the Pigeon Creek Greenway for the event from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Haney’s Corner Arts District Association’s request to close portions of Adams Avenue and adjacent blocks for First Friday neighborhood events. The board approved closures for multiple Fridays in the May–October period submitted on the application; barricades were requested to support local artist activities. - A public-safety buffer and road closures around Garvin Park for an Evansville Police Department community event scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., described in the application as a "cops and robbers" event organized by the Police Department’s crime-prevention unit. The board’s president asked whether the activity was a drill or a performance; staff replied it is an event and indicated it may be the first time the department has run it. One board member remarked, "I hope they're using blanks on everything," and staff confirmed the application had been reviewed. - "Dust Bowl 2025," a request to close Morton Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Bellemeade Avenue around Bellemeade Park for activities from Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20, 2025, between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m.; barricades were requested.
Board staff confirmed the applications had been reviewed and were in order. Each item was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The board did not record a roll-call tally in the meeting transcript. The items were presented as reviewed by the Board of Public Safety on April 23, 2025, where noted in materials.
No public comments on these items were recorded in the meeting transcript.
