Colorado Springs will have a Veterans Day parade after all.

Civic and businesses leaders announced Tuesday that new organizers have come forward to ensure a parade will take place next month after last week’s news of the cancellation of the original parade triggered an outpouring of support for the event.

The new parade, to be called the “In Their Honor Veterans Day Parade,” will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 9 along Tejon Street downtown.

“It has helped galvanize our community into action,” Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade said of the previous cancellation.

John O’Donnell, the long-time St. Patrick’s Day Parade organizer, is taking over plans for the parade after his phone started blowing up during his birthday dinner last week, and he expects the event will be fully funded.

Event organizers with the nonprofit, also called the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade, needed to raise $50,000 to $55,000 to cover costs such as insurance, police support, waste removal and barriers, The Gazette reported previously. The city of Colorado Springs expects to chip in with $28,700 from the Lodgers and Automobile Rental Tax to cover total costs. The city also planned to give the money to the earlier organizers.

Mobolade said while the city does not organize parades it was important to show Colorado Springs is a community that honors veterans not just in words, but with actions.

The Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC’s Johnna Reeder Kleymeyer, president and CEO of one of the area’s leading business groups, said her organization will also sponsor the event and called on others to help support the tens of thousands of veterans who are integral to the fabric of the community.

“This parade, its comeback is a perfect example of how our community comes together in the time and need, and we correct what could have been a wrong,” she said.

The nonprofit that called off the parade has not been involved in organizing the new event, O’Donnell said. But the number of groups previously signed up, 51, is enough for a parade, he said.

The nonprofit’s president Roger Ehrke, who called off the parade, previously told The Gazette the event suffered from a loss of sponsors and lower turnout. Several years ago, about 45,000 spectators came out to watch 100 parade entries and 4,000 participants, Ehrke said. Last year only 9,000 people came out to watch.

O’Donnell could not say Tuesday if he would be involved in organizing the parade next year.

But he does need sponsors and groups interested in participating in the parade to sign up again. Those who are interested can reach the new parade organizers at Coloradointernationalevents@gmail.com or 719-635-8803.

American Legion PFC Floyd K Lindstrom Post 5 had planned an informal walk to mark the day of the previous scheduled parade, Nov. 2. But now Commander Andrea Finnegan-Fosse said the post plans to support the parade as usual with an accompanying open house and meal. The open house features veteran and active-duty vendors with offerings such as t-shirts and wooden crafts.

Finnegan-Fosse said she had a feeling the community would find a way to replace the event.

“I love that the city stepped up to make sure this parade continues, to be sure that we preserve our commitment to these men and women,” she said.