Who we are at DL:
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.
Discover Lansdale is a registered 501(c)(3) charity (financial documents posted below), 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, Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival, Zer0.5K and Oktoberfest, and Holiday Mardi Gras Parade each year. We support and sponsor many other Lansdale causes and events. We help promote the borough through efforts such as Restaurant Week and our annual printed and online Business Directory.
And we own and are in the process of restoring the historic Reading Lansdale Freight House on South Broad Street.
We are your friends and your neighbors. We are a volunteer effort. And we welcome your participation, in whatever way you can, as we work to make Lansdale the best town around.
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.
Discover Lansdale is a registered 501(c)(3) charity (financial documents posted below), 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, Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival, Zer0.5K and Oktoberfest, and Holiday Mardi Gras Parade each year. We support and sponsor many other Lansdale causes and events. We help promote the borough through efforts such as Restaurant Week and our annual printed and online Business Directory.
And we own and are in the process of restoring the historic Reading Lansdale Freight House on South Broad Street.
We are your friends and your neighbors. We are a volunteer effort. And we welcome your participation, in whatever way you can, as we work to make Lansdale the best town around.
We Are Discover Lansdale (August 2025)
Bill Henning, President:
— "I am a fourth-generation Lansdale resident, born and raised right here in Lansdale. '86 graduate of Lansdale Catholic High School. After college at the American Institute of Design, where I studied Architectural Design & Construction, I worked for a number of years as an architectural designer in Center City, commuting daily by train. I have three wonderful children - Andrew, Lindsay, and Billy - and a beautiful, brilliant wife Deb (and son Zach), all graduates of North Penn High School. Professionally, I manage Henning’s Trains, our family-owned business right here in Lansdale that's been a community staple for over 85 years. In addition, I’ve had the honor of serving our community as a member of the Lansdale Borough Council for two terms. For nearly two decades, I’ve also been deeply involved in volunteerism, dedicating my time to numerous community initiatives and service projects to help make Lansdale a stronger, more connected place for everyone." |
Mary Fuller, Vice President:
— Mary Fuller is a founding member of Discover Lansdale and served as its President until 2024 when she moved into the role of Vice President. Mary has been proudly representing Ward 1 on Lansdale Borough Council since 2010. She is the current Council President, the first woman selected for this honor in the Borough's history. She has served as Vice President, Parks & Recreation Chair, EDC Chair and on almost every council committee. Additionally, Mary is the sitting President of the Lansdale Public Library Board (since 2012) and the Lansdale Cemetery Board (since 2014). Other ways Mary has been involved in the community include 10 years of volunteer service to the North Penn School District, 9 years on the board of Manna on Main Street where she served both as Vice Chair and Chair during her tenure, and currently sits on the board of Elm Terrace Gardens. Committed to public service, Mary's full time job is running a very active food center/market & warehouse in Phoenixville. She has a lifelong connection to Lansdale, living in a Borough home that has always been owned by her family. She and her husband of 35 years, Allen, raised both their children here. Mary is a proud graduate of Shippensburg University. Lansdale events are Mary's passion, her favorite being Founders Day, a holiday she invented in order to have fireworks in Lansdale. |
Bruce Schwartz, Secretary:
— Bruce Schwartz has been a member of Discover Lansdale since 2015. Born and raised in Philadelphia's Mount Airy neighborhood, Bruce started his career in journalism in 1974 at the North Penn Reporter, where he was a reporter and Living Section Editor until 1983, which is where he met his future wife. They married and moved to Arlington, VA, where he was an editor at USA TODAY for the next 30 years and raised two children. In 2013, Bruce retired from journalism and they boomeranged back to the Borough, where he helped establish the hyperlocal news site North Penn Now and served for six years on the Borough's Economic Development Committee. In his role at Discover Lansdale, he established and continues to produce the annual Lansdale Business Directory, now in its 10th year. He maintains Discover Lansdale's websites and manages the email communications with the community. He has been on the planning committees for most of DL's great events, and also can be found volunteering at most of them. And he is a key member of the committee rehabilitating the historic Lansdale Freight House. |
Brianna Breish, Treasurer:
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Tim Hershey, owner, Comic Zen: — Tim is married, and moved into the West Ward in 1999. Tim & his wife have two children, a North Penn graduate and a prospective North Penn graduate. He opened Comic Zen on Main Street during First Friday in September 2016, and hopes to continue to grow his own community of diversity and inclusion for years to come. He is a member of the Lansdale Business Alliance, an organization of Lansdale business owners/representatives finding ways to encourage people to enjoy Lansdale's food, entertainment, and shopping. He is also a member of ComicsPRO, whose goals are to promote advocacy, education, and opportunity for their members and for other storefront comic book retailers. |
Tom McKee, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones: — "I am honored to contribute to our mission of promoting Lansdale by connecting businesses, people, and fun. "As the Principal of Edward Jones Investments in Lansdale, I co-run the Lansdale Business Alliance, which actively fosters local business involvement in the community. "Furthermore, I serve as the liaison between Discover Lansdale and the Lansdale Borough Economic Development Committee, facilitating efforts to enhance our town’s future. "Additionally, I have been a board member of Discover Lansdale since 2020." |
Minnie Kang, salon manager, Hair N'Abstract: — Minnie is a new member of Discover Lansdale's Board of Directors, bringing a diverse background of luxury retail sales/management and grassroots marketing. With a passion for helping small businesses thrive through community connections, she brings a fresh perspective, a vibrant energy and a sprinkle of diversity to help broaden the connection with a wider range of community voices. Minnie is a graduate of Rutgers University with a major in geography, and she currently manages Hair N'Abstract by Christopher salon on West Main Street. She has been a resident of Lansdale Borough since 2016, and can often be seen around town walking her dog Delphine, chatting up the locals and small-business owners, and manning the Hair N'Abstract booth on First Fridays. Her favorite Discover Lansdale event is First Friday. |
Mohana Padgaonkar, longtime community volunteer: — Mohana has been a resident of Montgomery County for almost three decades. She currently resides in Towamencin Township with her family. Mohana has worked in public libraries as well as in an adult day care center. Mohana and her husband Kiran enjoy giving back to the community through varied volunteer opportunities. Over the years she has volunteered with schools in the North Penn School District, youth music concerts, community days, the Rotary Club of North Penn, the International Spring Festival, local libraries, GHNPSS, Bharatiya Vidyalaya, and many events thru Bharatiya Cultural Center, as well as serving thru local food pantries such as Manna and Garden of Health Inc. Mohana, who has a bachelor's degree in commerce, has supported many organizations with her talent, simplicity, and service attitude. She enjoys learning new things everyday, and believes she is "an ordinary girl who can offer extraordinary help." In addition, she enjoys traveling, gardening, watching movies and having fun with family and friends and gatherings. |
Lindsay Beuke, Discover Lansdale Events Coordinator: — Lindsay has happily called Lansdale’s West Ward home since 2011, where she lives with her husband, Mike, their son, Oliver, and two lovable dogs, Brutus Buckeye and Ian. She enjoys serving on the executive board of the North Penn Music Aides as the 2nd Vice President and Publicity Chair and volunteering with Simon’s Heart, Feast, The OSU Alumni Club of Philadelphia, and BSA Scouts. A proud graduate of The Ohio State University, Lindsay is an avid college football fan (Go Bucks!) and also a loyal Phillies phan. Lindsay's favorite Discover Lansdale event is the Zombie Walk. |
Denton Burnell, IT Specialist, Financial Services — Denton, his wife and their two children have made Lansdale their home since 2005. Denton is a senior IT manager who served 12 years on Lansdale Borough Council from 2012 - 2023, including 8 years as President. During his time with Council, Denton was highly supportive of the mission of Discover Lansdale, often volunteering at First Fridays, and is very excited to now be a full time part of the DL board, helping to ensure its future success. In his spare time, Denton is an avid billiards player, movie watcher and science fiction reader. And while he loves ALL of the events supported by Discover Lansdale, the Beer Tasting Festival is definitely a favorite, with Founders Day a very close second. |
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Discover Lansdale Board of Directors (2025)
Program Coordinator: Lindsay Beuke
First Friday Committee Co-Chairs: Bill Henning and Brianna Breish
Freight House committee: Bill Henning, chair; Mary Fuller; Bruce Schwartz; Helen Schwartz; Ken Seiler; Richard Shearer; Jason Van Dame; Kimberly Hamm; Michael Yetter; Rege McKenzie; Brianna Breish; Lindsay Beuke
- Bill Henning, President
- Mary Fuller, Vice President
- Bruce Schwartz, Secretary
- Brianna Breish, Treasurer
- Denton Burnell, IT specialist, Financial Services
- Tim Hershey, owner, Comic Zen
- Minnie Kang, manager, Hair N'Abstract
- Tom McKee, Edward Jones Financial Advisors; Lansdale Business Alliance and Economic Development Committee liaison
- Mohana Padgaonkar, community volunteer
- Ken Seiler, Ring Consulting Group Engineering and Project Management
- Jason Van Dame, Director of Public Works, Lansdale Borough
- Richard Shearer, honorary lifetime member, Lansdale Historical Society historian
- and John Ernst, ex-officio member, Lansdale Borough Manager
Program Coordinator: Lindsay Beuke
First Friday Committee Co-Chairs: Bill Henning and Brianna Breish
Freight House committee: Bill Henning, chair; Mary Fuller; Bruce Schwartz; Helen Schwartz; Ken Seiler; Richard Shearer; Jason Van Dame; Kimberly Hamm; Michael Yetter; Rege McKenzie; Brianna Breish; Lindsay Beuke
Our financial statements
As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is the continued growth and welfare of Lansdale Borough, Discover Lansdale is dedicated to full disclosure. As such, we are happy to share our latest official financial documents with you: Our most recent Audited Financial Statements and our federal IRS From 990 filings can be downloaded below. If you have any questions about who we are, what we do, and where our efforts are focused, please feel free to message us through our Contact Page on this web site, or email us at [email protected]. We sincerely thank the North Penn community for its continued support.
| dl_990_2023.pdf |
| dl_financial_statement_2023.pdf |
| 2022_dl_compiled_financial_statements.pdf |
| 2022_7758_disc_client_copy_tax_return.pdf |
