(Updated March 5, 2019)
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: We're redesigning our website to be a friendlier portal to all things Lansdale. In the meantime, we have updated our Events section, including the 2019 Preview and First Friday pages, to reflect this year's schedules. Mark the dates!! 


Who we are

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.

Check out Discover Lansdale's big annual Business Directory, available online, or in print at most local restaurants, retailers and services. If you can't find a copy 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 at info@discoverlansdale.org.

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.
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Watch for our 2019 Events Preview Issue, out in March!!

The latest
issue of DL
Magazine is
now available!

We invite you to join us as Discover Lansdale visits several of the many houses of worship in Lansdale in time for the holiday season.

The latest issue of DL Magazine, now available at restaurants and services, retail establishments and borough offices all around town, features a look inside several of the town's best-known -- and not so well known -- "houses of the holy." An expanded version of that story, along with a directory of local religious institutions, can be found here.

In our Fall/Winter 2018 issue, you'll also find:
  • A history of Lansdale's churches, dating from the borough's founding in 1872.
  • A guide and map to events through the entire holiday season.
  • Lansdale Library's suggestions for crafts to keep you happily occupied through the winter months.
We encourage everyone who gets a copy of our magazine to patronize not just our advertisers, but every business in town during your holiday shopping sprees. Shopping Lansdale first is an ideal way to contribute to the continuing growth of the borough as a destination -- and a great place to live.

And of course we at Discover Lansdale wish to thank our many supporters over the past year. We are grateful for your support, and for the success of our many projects, from First Fridays to Founders Day to our ongoing restoration of the Freight House. And we look forward to an even more active and exciting 2019!
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