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People enjoy trick-or-treating along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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Trick-or-treaters react to seeing a snake Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Springville.

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People enjoy trick-or-treating along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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People enjoy trick-or-treating along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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People line up to trick-or-treat along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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Candy is handed out to trick-or-treaters along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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Trick-or-treaters react to seeing a snake Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Springville.

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A boy touches a snake while trick-or-treating on Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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People enjoy trick-or-treating along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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A family dresses as the Addams Family while trick-or-treating along Springville Main Street Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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Trick-or-treating in Springville started well before the sun went down on Halloween, as community members poured onto Main Street Friday afternoon to show off their costumes and receive candy from Springville businesses.

The “Springville Safe Halloween” event, put on by the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce, has been going since 1998 and has become a favorite tradition.

“It’s an event that brings together all the city departments — along with the businesses — during the day when kids aren’t out at dark running on streets, but they’re in one space to keep them safe,” Chamber President and CEO Melanie Bott said.

A record 51 businesses participated in this year’s event, Bott said, including all of the open businesses along the downtown corridor of Main Street.

Businesses from other locations set up booths at Civic Center Park. A long line wrapped around the park of families waiting for candy, and the youth council worked with the police department to help people cross the street safely.

“They have the opportunity to walk all the way down Main Street and around,” said Nannette Jackson, the chair of the chamber board. “And then it’s an opportunity here for businesses that are not on Main Street to come and have their exposure.”

Bobby, the owner of Ginger’s Garden Cafe, said she has been passing out candy at the event for 11 years. She enjoys seeing people dressed in fun costumes and the different generations of families.

“You see the same families year after year, and you see the actual demographic,” Bobby said. “Because when you have a shop, you get certain people who come in and certain people who don’t, so you get to see who really lives in Springville when you’re out here.”

Trendy costumes Friday included BYU football players and people wearing a “six” and a “seven” on their shirts — a nod to a popular social media trend. Bott said the costume she saw the most was characters from K-pop Demon Hunters.

The chamber members themselves pick a theme to dress up as each year. This year they went as different Jack Black characters. Bott was Professor Shelly from Jumanji, and others dressed up as Nacho Libre and Steve from Minecraft.