Why wasn't the parade simply rescheduled to another Saturday in December. Several opportunities to have the parade before Dec 25 exist.

Hi Gene. The city even though the parade was cancelled still incurred the full cost of stage contract, entertainers, dozens of event engaged city staff salaries, in addition to many other costs that couldn’t be recouped. Biggest issue though would be trying to reschedule 80+ parade entries to a date later into December. Would likely just get a fraction of that number that would be available next weekend on short notice, or following weekend a week before Christmas.

Suggestions for contracts for scheduling the next Christmas Parade: In the contract have the first Saturday in December as the original date and a rain out for the second Saturday in December with the agreement that if the parade is rained out on the first Saturday, vendors, performers, etc. will agree to participate the following Saturday.

Indy Girl seems to have a reasonable suggestion. Event organizers have a year to mull it over, tweak it, and make it work. Saturday's Spirit Stroll went on, despite periods of downpour. Folks seemed to enjoy it despite the weather.