A LITTLE HELP FROM ‘FRIENDS’

Volunteers clean up downtown for First Friday

LANSDALE >> The borough’s downtown is now ready for the crowds.

Borough residents gathered several bags of trash from up and down Main Street during a cleanup event Wednesday night, ahead of the town’s hosting First Friday festivities for the first time since 2019.

“Thank you everyone for another successful clean up to help make our town shine! Thanks to you we’re now cleaner, safer, and ready for First Friday fun,” said councilman BJ Breish.

July 2’s First Friday theme will be “a celebration of America,” and all who attend are encouraged to wear red, white and blue. The night will feature live music on Wood Street, a beer garden on Susquehanna Street, DJs at Susquehanna and at Railroad Plaza, along with axe throwing, balloon making, face painting, food trucks, and more. Events begin at 6 p.m.

Borough nonprofit Discover Lansdale organizes and oversees the First Fridays, and has announced a food truck, art and music festival for First Friday on Aug. 6, a chili cookoff and football kickoff on Sept. 3, and a Zombie Walk, with hundreds of costumed zombies walking up and down Main Street, on Oct. 1.

Wednesday night’s cleanup was organized by the “Friends of Lansdale Parks” volunteer group, which has also organized numerous cleanup events in various borough parks in recent years. For more information on future cleanups, search for “Friends of Lansdale Parks” on Facebook, and for more on Discover Lansdale and its activities visit www.DiscoverLansdale.org, search for “Discover Lansdale” on Facebook or follow @Lansdaleorg on Twitter.

SUBMITTED PHOTO — COURTESY OF BJ BREISH Lansdale residents carry bags of trash gathered on and around the borough’s Railroad Plaza during a cleanup event on Wednesday night, June 30. From left to right are residents Bruce Schwartz, Denise O’Hara, Addison Breish, Helen Schwartz, Bill Henning and Jacob Curlett.

SUBMITTED PHOTO — COURTESY OF BJ BREISH Lansdale resident Addison Breish holds a bag of trash gathered during a cleanup event on Wednesday night, June 30, as William Curlett, left rear, and Deb Kline look on.