The popular Bucks County Dragon Boat Festival will not return until 2023, organizers announced this week.
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The festival that has been held at Bucks County-owned Core Creek Park in Middletown Township will not take place in summer 2022 due to planned restoration work to Lake Luxembourg.
“The impact of this project will result in the lake being lowered 3.5 feet, which is projected to have a significant impact on the docks. Therefore, we can not hold an event at Core Creek Park,” organizers wrote in their message to the public.
Bucks County Dragon Boat Festival officials have worked with county parks and recreation authorities to look at alternative locations and dates to make the event happen. They said the organization and county government “worked tirelessly.”
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Depsite the efforts, “no suitable alternative that replicates the environment that Core Creek Park” was found.
“We will have to wait until September 2023 to bring our event back,” organizers said.
The Bucks County Dragon Boat Festival, which donates to local charities that fight food insecurity, was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
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The county and Bucks County Conservation District will be working together on the $2.34 million restoration and conservation project to the 175-acre lake. The lake was created in the 1970s.
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