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Make 2026 Lansdale's Best Year Yet!

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OUR MISSION:

Promoting Lansdale by connecting business, people and fun. Our mission is to galvanize and connect all sectors of our community — individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and government — by creating a unified movement that promotes, produces, and maintains a clean, healthy, safe Borough for our families, friends, and guests."

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Thank You!
Discover Lansdale is a double winner in the 2026 Montco Happening List competition: Montgomery County's Best Outdoor Event is First Friday, and Best Summer Event is the Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival! We couldn't have done any of it without the incredible support of our community, and we just love seeing our friends and neighbors having a great time and enjoying all that Lansdale has to offer. Let's do it again this season!
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The Historic Freight House
Great news: Our rehabilitation project at the historic structure continues! But we need your help to reach the goal line. Learn about the Freight House and how to help!
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A New Season Is Coming! 
Rockin' music, fab food, great games, kids' and grownup stuff, a parade, and so much more — the 2026 Discover Lansdale Events Season is on the way! Save these dates! 
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Our 10th Year!
The 2025-'26 Discover Lansdale Business Directory — and Dining Guide! — is available! Pick up a copy at dozens of outlets around town and all our events.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY '25-'26
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We are your neighbors, your friends and your co-workers. We are the business people and citizens of the borough. We are all volunteers, and your partners in helping Lansdale grow and thrive. We are Discover Lansdale.
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Updated May, 2026
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A Glorious Day: Opening The Freight House Doors 

By Tony DiDomizio, North Penn Now (Photo by Jimmy James)

After years of planning, fundraising and restoration, Lansdale’s historic Freight House officially reopened to the public Saturday, April 18, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house led by Discover Lansdale.

The event at the longtime rail-side building at Vine and Broad streets drew local officials and community leaders, including State Rep. Steve Malagari and State Sen. Maria Collett, along with Discover Lansdale representatives Bill Henning, Bruce Schwartz and Borough Councilwoman Mary Fuller, and, Rita's Water Ice for refreshments. 

Fuller, who has helped champion the project, said the opening marked a major milestone after nearly a decade of work to transform the early 1900s freight station into a community space. The building, originally constructed in 1902 as a hub for local industry, had sat vacant for decades before efforts began to preserve and repurpose it.

Visitors at Saturday’s event toured the renovated interior, which includes open event space and historical displays and features like a model train exhibit highlighting the borough’s railroad roots. Music, refreshments and community engagement helped showcase the building’s potential as a future visitor center and gathering place along the nearby Liberty Bell Trail.

According to its website, Discover Lansdale is turning the front portion — the original office space — into a Welcome Center for newcomers and visitors via Broad Street, the Liberty Bell Trail and SEPTA.
A second floor office space is planned for the welcome section of the building, where one had existed in its heyday.

The remainder of the huge interior will become a one-of-a-kind venue for events public and private, from pop-up markets and beer gardens to holiday displays, to business meetings, to weddings and anniversaries, Discover Lansdale said.

With loading doors opening onto the parking lot, events can be indoors and out.
The Freight House project has been supported through a mix of grants and local fundraising, with more than $1 million secured in recent years to fund structural improvements, utilities and restoration work. Organizers said additional phases are still planned, including exterior upgrades and expanded amenities.

(Click for full North Penn Now story)

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So much to see and do!

Activities and attractions abound all year. Summer concerts in Whites Road Park, a fabulous Farmers Market on Saturdays, spring's International Festival and fall's Oktoberfest, Lansdale Day and Founders Day, The Lansdale Beer Tasting Fest, Cars Under the Lights ... the list goes on. Visit anytime, and you'll find things to do, great shops and food, and some of the friendliest folks around.
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A Borough on the move!

Lansdale is a strong community in the midst of a major revitalization movement. Learn all about our friendly village — then and now. Discover what a great place our Borough is to shop, dine, work, live, experience — and to locate your enterprise on our historic Main Street! Enjoy everything Lansdale has to offer! Links are to Lansdale Borough and Lansdale Historical Society.
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Lansdale, PA 19446

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  • Home
  • Events
    • First Friday
    • Baseball and Barbecue
    • Founders Day
    • Restaurant Week
    • Beer Tasting Festival
    • Mardi Gras Parade
    • Christmas Tree Display
    • Turn of the Century Fun
  • Business Directory
    • DL Business Directory
    • Downtown Survey
    • Dining Guide
    • Advertising Information
  • Opportunities
    • Vendor Signup
    • Sponsorships
    • Sponsor Signup
    • VOLUNTEER SIGNUP
  • Buy DL Swag (External Site)
  • THE MAGAZINE
    • Lansdale Mardi Gras History
    • Memorial Park 3-20
    • Giving Back 11-19
    • Holidays Then 11-19
    • PARKS 8-19
    • Whites Road Concerts 319
    • Houses of Worship 1118
  • Directions and Parking
  • About Discover Lansdale
    • We Are Discover Lansdale
    • Contact Us
  • Freight House
    • About The Project
    • Freight House FAQ
    • Freight House Newsletter
    • The Historic Freight Station
    • A family's freight station story
    • Take a photo tour
    • How you can help