The Block Party Package is FREE to Bolingbrook residents who are planning a block party or community-wide event. Children can enjoy rides on the Community Express Trackless Train, be entertained by a clown making balloon art, performing magic or painting faces and anyone over 42 inches/50 pounds may have fun climbing the portable climbing wall.

Due to the extreme popularity of the Block Party Package, their availability is limited to neighborhood block parties and community events. The Block Party Package is available May thorugh September on weekends. Each block block and homeowners-association is allowed to book the Block Party Package for one block party per year. Each community organization that is hosting an advertised community event open to the public is allowed to book the Block Party Package for one event per year and must provide a certificate of insurance to the Bolingbrook Park District. Four Block Party Barricades must provide a certificate of insurance to -wide/open to the public event is must be rented from the Village of Bolingbrook Public Works Department for Block Parties and Community Events. In the interest of safety, the Park District may cancel the Block Party Package due to inclement weather.

Planning your Block Party is easy!
Step 1 - Complete a Village Block Party/Open Air Public Meeting Application and complete the Bolingbrook Park District Block Party Application return it to the Village of Bolingbrook, 375 W. Briarcliff Road or to a Bolingbrook Park District Community Center. Applications are available at Village Hall or a Park District community center.

Step 2 - Please make your first, second and third choice for the trackless train and climbing wall. We will make every attempt to honor your first choice but due to the popularity of the Block Party Package, your second or third choice may be honored. Teh arrival time for the train and portable climbing wall are not guaranteed to correspond to the start time of your party due to availability. In order to qualify for the Block Party Package, 75% of the residents on your block must sign the Village form.

Step 3- One week after you have turned in your Bolingbrook Park District Block Party Application, please call to confirm that the Park District has received it by calling (630) 739-1300, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm.

Step 4 - The Park District will tentatively schedule your Block Party Package after approval from the Village of Bolingbrook.

Step 5 - You will be contacted by phone to confirm your train and wall times one week prior to your party. A confirmation of the Park District Block Party Application will be mailed to you at that time.

Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance. Requests for the Block Party Package made less than two weeks in advance may not be accommodated. All block parties must be approved by the Village of Bolingbrook. Call (630) 739-1300 to learn more about this FREE service. Forms available beginning April 1, 2008 at ACC, BRAC, DDC and Bolingbrook Village Hall.

For more information, please call Christy Sorenson at (630) 739-1300 or email her at csorenson@bolingbrookparks.org.

Vulcan Materials Company is a proud sponsor of the Bolingbrook Park District and your rockin' block party. As the nation's leading producer of construction materials, and as your neighbor, we're working hard at Vulcan Materials Company to build stronger communities and grow local economies. It takes 15,000 tons of stone to build the average school, 400 tons to build the average home and 85,000 tons for one lane-mile of interstate highway.

On behalf of all of us at Vulcan Materials and our Bolingbrook Quarry, we wish you and your family a rockin' great climb!