chicago block parties

Block parties can return to Chicago this summer, officials announced Thursday, without bounce houses, among additional mitigations in place due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A Chicago alderman on Tuesday proposed a unique incentive to encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19: allowing blocks in which the majority of residents have been vaccinated to once again hold block parties this summer.

Beginning Monday, National Guard-led sites will be vaccinating residents eligible under Phase 1B, as well as sites at Jewel Osco and Walgreens, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said, noting that CVS is expected to “soon follow.”