Changes announced this week to the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade, the oldest and one of the largest pride parades in the country, were met with mixed reactions from…
Organizers said the parade will get smaller this year due to safety and logistical concerns coming from the city’s Department of Transportation and Chicago police.to the 2024 Chicago Pride Parade, the oldest and one of the largest pride parades in the country, were met with mixed reactions from residents and business owners.
"It's really interesting to hear they're ending it earlier for safety, because even at the end of the parade it felt totally fine," said Victoria Lipscomb who participated in the parade last year. "I think it’s good," said Dakota Trenkemp, who attended the parade last year."The parade is like three to four hours long normally, at least the past two years that I've gone, so it kinda leads to a lot of issues with people being outside for that long for summer."
"I look at it kinda like optimizing versus downsizing: optimizing the parade to really focus on us and organizations," said Terrence Chappell, principal of Chappell Communications Group.The parade, scheduled for Sunday, June 30, is expected to attract more than a million people through Uptown, Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, the same week as Fourth of July and the weekend before NASCAR's Chicago Street Race.
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