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Bellevue DDA pins Halloween in the Park for Nov. 1, plans DJ, food trucks and giveaways
Summary
The Bellevue Downtown Development Authority set Halloween in the Park for Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, and agreed to add a DJ, invite food trucks, rent game attractions and run a bike-and-scooter giveaway to boost downtown attendance.
The Bellevue Downtown Development Authority on July 10 set Halloween in the Park for Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, and laid out plans to expand attractions in hopes of increasing downtown attendance.
Chairperson C. Carpenter said the board wanted to repeat features that produced strong turnout at the July 4 fireworks and described a package of entertainment and giveaways. The board agreed to hire a DJ (M. Pennington will contact Paul Temple), invite food trucks, rent a bounce house and face-painting and run games staffed by high-school students seeking community service hours. L. Pfiester agreed to donate a scooter for the planned bike-and-scooter giveaway.
The board instructed C. Carpenter to reach out to Barnes Insurance and to contact board member M. Bartzen about potential sponsorship, and M. Smith will contact Fun Services about rentals. The DDA discussed using food trucks to free volunteers from food service duties so they can manage games and activities.
Why it matters: The DDA framed the event as a downtown-activation effort intended to bring residents to local businesses and recreate the success of the July 4 event, where food trucks helped increase attendance.
Next steps: Board members were assigned outreach and vendor tasks ahead of the August meeting, where logistics will be revisited. The decision to hold the event on Nov. 1 was an administrative agreement of the board and not recorded as a formal ordinance or grant action.
