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Hotel Information
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Tentative Program
1001 Lafayette Drive, Farmington, PA 15437
Phone: 866.344.6957
www.nemacolin.com
The land where Nemacolin Woodlands Resort now sits has
a long history dating back to 1740. A native Delaware Indian, SATURDAY 9/16
Chief Nemacolin, and frontiersman, Thomas Cresap, carved a
rugged trail through the Laurel Highlands between what is now 04:00 PM – 09:30 PM Registration
Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Later, 06:30 PM – 09:30 PM Welcome Reception & Dinner
it was expanded by Colonel George Washington and General SUNDAY 9/17
Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War and in the
mid-1800s was made the National Highway. Today, the trail is 07:30 AM – 09:30 AM Breakfast
known as Route 40 and is a major mountain travel artery. 08:30 AM – 10:00 AM Board of Directors I
In the early 1900’s, the Laurel Highlands became a popular 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Curator’s Art Tour
and fashionable retreat for wealthy Pittsburgh industrialists 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Finance Committee
and merchants. Land lots were established and offered for sale 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Pension Plan Committee
as summer homes and hunting retreats such as the Kaufman 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM Internal Affairs Committee
family’s Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater. In the late 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Lunch (Vouchers)
1940’s, Pittsburgh industrialist, Willard F. Rockwell, purchased
60 acres of land that would be the foundation of the Nemacolin 01:00 PM – 06:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
Woodlands Resort. 01:30 PM – 02:30 PM Governance Committee
02:30 PM – 03:30 PM Public Affairs Committee
Over the next 50 years, ownership changed hands several times
and with each new owner, there were additions made to the 06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Reception
property, from land to outdoor recreation to meeting space. In 07:30 PM – 09:30 PM Dinner
1987, Joseph A. Hardy, III, purchased 550 acres of the Nemacolin 09:30 PM – 11:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
property at an auction and shortly after he and his daughter,
Maggie, began to transform the property into its present state. MONDAY 9/18
Today, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is a 2,000 acres world-class 07:30 AM – 09:30 AM Breakfast
resort with ratings for both lodging and dining from the Forbes 08:00 AM – 10:00 AM Industry Advisory Committee I
Travel Guide and American Automobile Association (AAA).
08:30 AM – 10:00 AM Board of Directors II
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Business Session I
11:30 AM – 01:30 PM Lunch (Vouchers)
— AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES —
12:00 PM (tee-off) Golf Tournament
01:00 PM Tour – Fallingwater
01:00 PM – 06:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
06:30 PM – 07:30 PM Reception
07:30 PM – 09:30 PM Dinner
09:30 PM – 11:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
TUESDAY 9/19
Weather & Attire 07:30 AM – 09:30 AM Breakfast
08:00 AM – 09:30 AM Industry Advisory Committee II
08:30 AM – 09:30 AM Board of Directors III
In Farmington, the average temperatures in September range 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM Business Session II
from a high of 78° F to a low of 55° F with average precipitation 11:30 AM – 01:30 PM Lunch (Vouchers)
of 4.38 inches. Remember to pack accordingly.
01:00 PM – 06:00 PM Hospitality Suite Open
Business casual attire will be appropriate throughout the — AFTERNOON ON OWN —
meeting and social functions, including all dinners. 06:30 PM – 09:30 PM Closing Reception & Dinner
