By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – Traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating is not allow this year due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic; however, Bloomington’s City Manager says the city is looking at other options to keep the spirit alive.
City Manager Tim Gleason told WJBC’s Scott Miller that the city is looking at various options such as a trunk-or-treat event with social distancing protocols.
“There are a lot of groups that are reaching out to the city to see what is allowed, like churches, like a trunk-or-treating type of opportunity. And we’re giving direction and approving different opportunities like that. The city is looking to possibly host something, whether it’s a drive-thru, though one of the parking garage decks. Whatever possibility, I mean trick or treating is not gone in the community, but it is not going to be the door-to-door trick-or-treating that everybody is used too.”
Due to the pandemic, Gleason said if the city would allow a trunk-or-treat event, the candy would have to be bagged for each individual.
“You create a baggy, and that’s something that could be passed, you know on some sort of pole or something like that, that’s extended, trying to create that separation and distance. I mean, there’s actually a fair amount of thought and consideration that goes into this. We know we have to find a way. (We) want to have kids in Bloomington be able to go have a trick or treating event, but trying to figure out the safest way to do it.”
LISTEN: Bloomington city Manager Tim Gleason spoke with WJBC’s Scott Miller about a variety of topics.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says door-to-door trick-or-treating and trunk or treating is a high-risk activity. Meaning individuals who participate are more likely to get the coronavirus.
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