Neighborhood trick-or-treating was an option for some parents and kids on Halloween, but for Tom Oliver of Aurora, a one-stop-shop option offered by the city of Aurora is all he and his son, Kayden, 7, needed.

“We love coming to this,” Oliver said Friday during the city’s annual trick-or-treat event at Wilder Park in Aurora that featured more than a dozen city department giving out treats. “We’ve come before and like that they have all of this laid out for the kids.”

This is the second year the event has been offered at Wilder Park, a move that city officials said was made to offer more room for visitors as well as better parking.

“This began as a small experience inside of City Hall that has now turned into a large event drawing about 3,500 people,” said Mike Nelson, director of commun

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