(Updated Jan. 15, 2018)
Thank you for visiting Discover Lansdale's website.  We are happy to help you get to know what is going on in and around the borough.  Over the years, we have brought you many events as well as helped many other organizations with theirs.  Our goal is to put Lansdale on the map, one event at a time.

We are starting to recruit volunteers for our 2018 season. Help is needed in all areas -- staffing for First Friday events and Founders Day, magazine distribution around town, and fundraising and hands-on help at the Freight House restoration project. If you are interested in joining our mission to help Lansdale grow and prosper, just contact us and let us know your interests. And look for our Volunteer Fair, coming March 12, where you can sign up to help your favorite projects!

Check out the latest issue of Discover Lansdale Magazine, available at all Discover events, borough offices and the library, and many of your favorite businesses throughout town. This issue's issue: Celebrating the holidays Lansdale-style, from the mis-named Mardi Gras parade's inception right up through this season. Plus a look forward to the New Year and what it promises to bring in and around town, and holiday reading suggestions from our local library. And you might still find our previous summer issue, all about Parking in Lansdale, from the early days of the auto right through today and tomorrow. Check out the handy center-spread map of where to park in town, and how much it might cost.

If you can't find a copy of Discover Lansdale Magazine, or if you are a business wishing to put a stack on your counter for folks to pick up, just contact us to let us know, and we'll point you in the right direction! Or have your favorite Lansdale businesses email us directly at info@discoverlansdale.org.

And while you're at it, get your copy of the second annual Discover Lansdale Business Directory. To see and shop the nearly 200 businesses and services listed, please click here. To use our fun interactive map, produced in cooperation with Lansdale Borough's GIS department, please click here. And to get a copy (right up until the new issue appears in May 2018!), look for it at your favorite establishments all around town. SHOP LANSDALE FIRST!!

First Fridays are a wrap for 2017, and the 2018 schedule is being worked on even as you read this. We will post updates as plans are finalized, so keep checking back!

The construction site on Madison Parking Lot has been fenced off, the lot is (mostly)  closed, and construction has begun. Full details and updates can be found here, and check out our question and answer on the parking issue with Borough Council President Denton Burnell, from the summer issue of Discover Lansdale Magazine.

Discover Lansdale is dedicated to helping support Life in Motion through community growth by creating opportunities for a vibrant and evolving destination for businesses and families to ensure a healthy way of life.  We will provide a safe venue for signature events, entertainment, nightlife, shopping and work.

We stage such borough events as Founders Day (and fireworks!), First Fridays including the Zombie Walk and Chili Cookoff, and Cruise Night. We support and sponsor many other Lansdale causes and events. And we own and are in the process of restoring the historic Reading Freight Station. CLICK HERE for updates on all the town's major events, from Discover Lansdale and others!!

Read below for a plea for your assistance. And click here to donate to Discover Lansdale's Freight Station effort.

The 2018 Business Directory
is in production now!

If your business is in Lansdale, don't miss the FREE opportunity!

Discover Lansdale, the nonprofit whose goal is to help the Borough grow as a vibrant business and leisure destination, is putting together its third annual Lansdale Business Directory!

It will be available starting in early May and throughout 2018, at all major Lansdale events (starting with May 4's First Friday) and at many of your favorite local establishments. And it will be distributed right up until our next issue in Spring 2019.

If you own a business or service in Lansdale, you should be represented -- but we need you to give us your information, if you have not already. Go to this page for details: You can click the link to see if you are in our listing -- and if you're not, just submit the form on the page.

Or just leave us a message and we'll get back to you quickly.

If you are NOT located in Lansdale Borough, but wish to reach a Lansdale audience, you can be listed for a nominal fee, which helps defray our costs of publication.

We've also posted information on advertising in the Business Directory. It's one of the best ways to reach a local audience, and every dollar goes to supporting Discover Lansdale's events and projects, from First Fridays and Founders Day to our historic restoration project at the Reading Freight House at South Broad and Vine Sts. Prices for ads start at a modest $75, and we offer discounts for repeat insertions in other Discover Lansdale Magazine issues.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NOVEMBER ZOMBIE TRAIN SET RAFFLE WINNER!!

George, the gentleman above, was the very happy winner of the Lionel Zombie Apocalypse Survivors Train Set raffled off by Discover Lansdale in November. He picked up his award at Henning's Trains in Lansdale. 

All the proceeds from Discover Lansdale's raffles go to support our restoration project at the historic Reading Railroad Freight House at S. Broad and Vine Streets. We appreciate the generosity of Henning's Trains in donating the train set and helping out with a great community project.

Watch for our next round of raffle prizes, coming in 2018.
Volunteer days at Freight House
 
PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FUTURE WORK DAYS AT THE FREIGHT HOUSE in 2018, AND UPDATES ON THE CONSTRUCTION. BELOW IS A PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT.

If you have tools, bring 'em. If you happen to have a jackhammer lying around the house, even better -- we are working on pulling up the concrete floor in the back of the Freight House. And if you're interested in buying some of the reclaimed lumber from the site, see the poster at the top of this column.  

What to wear:
  • You must wear closed toe shoes, if you have work boots please wear them.
  • Gloves.
  • Safety goggles, we will have some but if you have please bring them.
  • If you have ear protection bring it, we do have some extra ear plugs though. Inside is very loud if jack hammering is going on.
 
What to bring:
  • TOOLS, Our tools and equipment are very limited so bringing work items would be very helpful and appreciated. Try to put your name on them.
  • Jack Hammer
  • Hammer (claw hammer helpful)
  • Pry bar (bigger the better)
  • Reciprocating Saw
  • Circular Saw
  • Rake and Shears
  • Jack Hammer, oh said that already
  • Wheel Barrow
  • Paper garden bags
 
What are we doing: (below is a list of items, though may be more)
  • We need to continue to get the interior floor pulled up so the needed repairs can get to the floor joists underneath.
  • Continue the disassembly of the exterior wood platform.
  • Removal of vegetation from around the freight house. There will be a designated location to put the brush.
  • Pickup all trash and rake out perimeter.
 
A big part of the interior floor to be removed yet is a concrete slab. We are about 1/3 of the way through it. ANY help somebody can give with locating another jack hammer or something we can use to bust up concrete would be a BIG help a greatly appreciated. Please, ask around.

Please note: This project is a construction work area, not intended for young children.
 
Lumber Update: As mentioned we are offering much of the reclaimed lumber for sale (see attached). This 115 year old historic lumber is great for all sorts of projects. Makes great shelf boards or used for various furniture projects (tables, benches, etc.) and many rustic craft projects. ALL of the money from the lumber sale will be added to the freight house restoration fund.  Lumber will be available for sale during these work days.
 
Own a piece of local history while supporting this great project!

Freight Station 2018

Friends of Discover Lansdale ...

In mid-2016 Discover Lansdale, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) civic organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in the borough, purchased the stately stone structure to save it from the wrecking ball. The historic RR depot at the southern gateway to downtown Lansdale had fallen into disrepair after years of non-use.
 
We hope to restore it to its former glory, and more — to make it a welcome center for the town, a showplace for the town’s history and growth, and a resource for the entire community for events and celebrations.
 
Currently we are in the process of removing the flooring, assessing the physical condition of the building and the supports, and determining what repairs will be needed to ensure its structural integrity now and far into the future. This, along with other improvements to come, will be a multi-year effort and an expensive undertaking.
 
Discover Lansdale is counting on you, and folks like you, to fund this effort. We hope you’ll be among the supporters helping to restore the Lansdale Freight Station as a town jewel. Whatever you can give would be greatly appreciated.
 
To donate online, just click here and click the “Donate” button, or go to the How to Help page under the Freight Station tab.
 
Or send your check to Discover Lansdale, PO Box 1112, Lansdale, PA 19446. Please note on the check that your donation is for the Freight House restoration. Every dollar you give will go towards that project.  
 
Your donations are tax-deductible; we will acknowledge donations via email, or if you wish a letter of acknowledgement sent, please click the box on the payment page to allow sharing of your contact information with Discover Lansdale.
 
Thank You for giving back to our community. As always, Discover Lansdale appreciates your support.

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DISCOVER LANSDALE PURCHASES HISTORIC FREIGHT HOUSE PROPERTY