Connellsville's Timber Day Celebration is a Community Festival, celebrating the beauty of the Laurel Highlands, and spotlighting Pennsylvania's Timber Industry. This event was held one day only at Yough River Park, on the bank of the beautiful Youghiogheny River.

PennDOT has begun the much anticipated construction to replace the Memorial Bridge. The end result of this project will be well worth waiting for, especially the safe new bike/walking section of the new span connecting the Yough Trail to downtown Connellsville.

In anticipation of this construction, we have had discussions with representatives from PennDOT regarding the impact of the construction on our use of the Yough Park area and the areas under the bridge that we occupy for Timber Day activities.

As a result of these discussions, the Chamber Board has determined that the safety and operating concerns are significant, and without a suitable alternative site, have decided to cancel this year's Timber Day event, annually held Labor Day Weekend, and originally scheduled for Saturday, September 5th.

In addition to the safety issues with PennDOT equipment and material expected to be occupying space we normally use to accommodate events and activities, other concerns included the traffic problems expected at the ingress and egress points of Yough Park and severely limited parking options around the Yough Park area.

We will monitor the progress of the construction and hope to be able to bring this popular event back to Connellsville Labor Day Weekend 2010.

We appreciate the support of everyone who has sponsored events and booths & participated in this celebration in past years making this a successful community event!!!