{"id":67877,"date":"2025-09-05T12:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=67877"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:16:49","slug":"genesee-county-downtown-batavia-scarecrow-contest-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/genesee-county-downtown-batavia-scarecrow-contest-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Downtown Batavia Scarecrow Contest is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY \u2014 Fall fun is popping up all over Downtown Batavia as the Batavia Business Improvement District (BID) kicks off the Downtown Scarecrow Contest 2025! Businesses, agencies, organizations, and families, this is your chance to show off your creativity and add some extra personality to Main Street.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For just a $25 entry fee, participants will get a starter kit that includes a post, straw, twine, and your very own pole downtown. From there, it\u2019s up to you, scary, funny, whimsical, or wacky, the most creative scarecrow will take home a cash prize!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email director@downtownbataviany.com to make arrangements for pickup.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supply Pick-Up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesday, September 16 \u2013 Thursday, September 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3:30 PM \u2013 5:30 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson Square, Downtown Batavia<br>Important Dates:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scarecrows must be up by Friday, October 3rd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scarecrows must be removed by Sunday, November 2nd.<br>To join the fun, just fill out the registration form available on our website bataviabid.com or our<br>Facebook page, Batavia Business Improvement District. Please send form to us by email or mail to<br>the address below.<br>Email director@downtownbataviany.com<br>Batavia Business Improvement District<br>200 E. Main Street<br>Suite 12<br>Batavia, NY 14020<br>Entry fees may be paid in cash or by check made out to Batavia Business Improvement District.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Batavia, NY \u2014 Fall fun is popping up all over Downtown Batavia as the Batavia Business Improvement District (BID) kicks off the Downtown Scarecrow Contest 2025! Businesses, agencies, organizations, and families, this is your chance to show off your creativity and add some extra personality to Main Street. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/genesee-county-downtown-batavia-scarecrow-contest-is-back\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705],"tags":[5363],"class_list":["post-67877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-scarecrow-contest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-hEN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56606,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/04\/genesee-county-scarecrow-contest-planned-for-downtown-batavia\/","url_meta":{"origin":67877,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Scarecrow contest planned for Downtown Batavia","author":"aka","date":"September 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Batavia Business Improvement District is hosting its annual Scarecrow Contest for Downtown Batavia. 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