Monday, February 18, 2013
The Economic Development Committee and the Communication Commission are poised to work with the Lansdale Business Association and the PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce to help promote the branding initiative
Getting Lansdale businesses on board to help promote the new brand initiative will be challenging, said Lansdale Business Association President Doug DiPasquale during last week's joint Economic Development Committee and Communication Commission meeting. The main challenge: Having business owners understand the use of the brand is not a borough-sanctioned thing. DiPasquale, who sits on the Economic Development Committee as liaison to the LBA, said the issue came up during a recent discussion of its murals project. "We talked about having a name for (the murals project): 'Murals in Motion.' 'Murals in Motion' is in keeping with the theme of the borough, but it's not a borough project," he said. "The education still needs to be there. In …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Lansdale Business Association is in the embryonic stages of pushing for mural beautifications in downtown Lansdale Borough. It needs the support of, ideas from and decisions by the community
Let me paint a picture for you. Imagine driving down East and West Main Street and passing sides of well-known buildings on the strip, beautified by artistic murals. There's one mural on the side of Centennial Blueprint at Main and Ridge. Stop at Broad and Main and peer at the mural on the side facade of McQuillin Studio. There are another two on the massive span of the North Penn Boys' and Girls' Club wall and the side of Hen's Coins and Collectables at Main and Susquehanna. Across the street, adjacent to Railroad Plaza, there is a fourth mural along the side of Tabora Farms. Up a little ways, a fifth mural spanning the length of the National Auto Stores building on Wood Street. As you head out of town, approaching Cannon Avenue, is a …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
At the informal Lansdale Town Hall Session Tuesday night, residents and officials discussed a plethora of items — among them the potential renovations of 1 Vine Street and vacation of Railroad Avenue
What was once the home of the Dewey Decimal System is now home to the criminal justice system. What was once the post is now host to votes. Lansdale Police Department and Lansdale Borough Hall have history to them: The former was the Lansdale Library in the 1950s and the latter was the original Lansdale Post Office in the 1930s. Now, both buildings are the center of a facilities update in the borough. Both were deemed in poor condition, with countless mechical, structural and aesthetical problems, insufficient and tight spaces, and poorly-designed layouts. Council can choose to build onto them or demolish them in favor of new state-of-the-art buildings — or do nothing. The municipal complex renovations were the talk of Lansdale's Town Hall…
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Holiday Festival of Trees will return next year
The Lansdale Business Association Holiday Festival of Trees brought out more than 350 visitors and voters who picked their favorite decorated Christmas tree. First place winner, with the most votes, was Henning’s Scale Models and its functioning train that ran around the base of the tree. Second place went to Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue. Third place was Milestones in Music. Lansdale Library was within two votes of garnering the third place spot. “Everyone loved the trees, and we had good turnouts every night that we were open,” said LBA President Doug DiPasquale. “It was very well received by everyone who visited.” DiPasquale said they plan to bring it back next year. “Hopefully, it will be a little bigger, as people wanted more trees,” he …
Friday, July 15, 2011
At its first monthly town hall session, the Lansdale Business Association and the Economic Development Committee talk about change, professionalism and self-investment.
There’s a new posse in town—and they aim to clean up these parts. They are team of Lansdale business owners and residents organized and committed to one goal: making the borough a success. This merchant militia is comprised of members of the Lansdale Business Association and the borough Economic Development Committee, and they organized the first-ever monthly town hall session at Lansdale Library Thursday evening. They left the meeting with an action plan—start taking responsibility and ownership of their properties, and pay it forward. The meeting had citizen and entrepreneur alike represented at the meeting, led by Mary Fuller, councilwoman and Economic Development Committee chair, and Doug DiPasquale, owner of Minuteman Press and …
Tony Di Domizio
1:28 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
longtimehere - Great points and suggestions. However, the LBA doesn't want to commit to something that reflects what a business does or a mural showing something related to a business, as there's a chance that business could close - and now Lansdale has, for example, a mural of candy with no sweet shop. But keep the ideas coming! J.Michael - You must have helped my aunt, Renee (Bartol) Di Domizio… more ›