Twenty-seven college-bound students just got a little more cash in their pockets thanks to the City of San Antonio Martin Luther King Jr. Commission.

This is the story of a man who wanted more for San Antonio’s East Side.

In January, San Antonio’s MLK March — the largest in the nation — was canceled due to inclement weather.

Whether the first MLK March in three years helped their business or not was a secondary concern for the businesses along the march route with whom KSAT talked.

After two years of making due with virtual events, organizers of San Antonio’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day March are ready to draw big crowds once more.

While the current budget proposal for the city in FY 2023 would provide $100,000 to the commission, its members want council members to approve $300,000 when the vote on the final version.

The San Antonio Martin Luther King Jr. Commission board decided on Thursday to cancel the annual MLK March for 2022.

SAN ANTONIO – Renee Watson is the chair of The City of San Antonio’s MLK Commission. Catch up on all of the latest KSAT Q&As here or watch them live at 6:30 p.m. and on the Nightbeat.

SAN ANTONIO – The Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in San Antonio will look a lot different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Alamo City is known for having the largest MLK Day march in the nation, which roughly attracts 300,000 participants every year. But in the midst of the pandemic, the MLK Commission has had to pivot and adjust. Renee Watson, chair of the MLK Commission, joined Leading SA on Sunday to discuss what we can expect for this year’s celebration. Watson and the MLK Commission are asking community members not to march together due to the uptick in area coronavirus cases.

SAN ANTONIO – This year’s cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are now spilling over into 2021 as San Antonio’s MLK Commission has voted to forgo the annual march and is planning a virtual-only event. Dr. Keely Petty, MLK Commission Chair, said the decision ultimately came down to the safety and well-being of the thousands of people who attend the march. She said the idea behind going virtual-only was in part inspired by how the Democratic and Republican National Conventions were held and said she did not want to delay the decision. San Antonio’s MLK March is one of, if not the largest march in the country with hundreds of thousands of participants. The MLK Commission is a volunteer organization that promotes equality and racial harmony and takes the lead on events paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Watch: Hundreds of thousands of people march in San Antonio’s 2020 MLK March: