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Quickly Request Your Event Date – Online
We built this page to help you quickly photo-tour the event areas, secure your desired event date, and pick your event area at a price that fits within your budget while getting your key questions answered online today. (See the purple questions below.)
Because the Grange rents on a first-come basis, and because it is a popular affordable event site, we urge you to act. If you want to start now, review the below frequently asked questions with short answers and links to more detailed ones. In a few minutes, you will know if the facility is available on your event date, if it will meet your unique needs, and if it fits your budget.
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Q1: Can people other than Grange members rent the Grange facility?
A1: Yes. For decades the Grange hall, large parking lot, and Youth Center have been available for rent to Central Coast residents, visitors to Monterey County, and local organizations. Our facility offers indoor and outdoor spaces for small to large parties /events of up to 140 attendees. However, only the following types of non-profit organizations can reserve/use the Youth Center: 501c, c3, c4, c5, c6, c8, and c10.
Q2: How do we go about renting the Grange Hall, Parking lot, or the Youth Center?
A2: Find the majority of your answers on this page. Then, when you are ready, click this, REQUEST Your Date link, to digitally submit your rental/reservation (R&R) information to our R&R Secretary. She will reply to you within five business days and then work 1-on-1 with you to REQUEST your event date(s), set the rental cost, sign over keys, etc. NOTE: Scheduled physical touring of the main hall requires a small fee as shown on the renter reservation form. The R&R application triggers the lock-in process. So, please don’t call, text, or send us a Facebook message.
Q3: Is the facility available to rent on my desired date/time?
A3: Click one of the 3 calendar links below to navigate to the year, month, and day(s) of your event. If the calendar date is blank, then you can rent the hall, parking lot, or Youth Center for a portion or for the whole day. If an event is showing in a portion of the day, then you may only rent another portion of that day. Do not forget to reserve enough time to set up your event and time to complete breakdown/cleanup.
You can rent for short periods or all day for 1 day or multiple days. Short events typically occur within one of the below periods; long events use 2 or 3 periods.
Morning – 7 a.m. to noon …………. 5 hours
Afternoon – noon to 6 p.m. …….. 5 hours
Evening – 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. ………. 6 hours … Hall doors close by 11 p.m
Q4: Is the facility large enough and will it meet our activity needs?
4a Please, click this photo-tour link to visually see the 3 rental areas and various setup options in the large hall. NOTE: Scheduled physical touring of the main hall requires a small fee as shown on the renter reservation form.
4b: Here are the size, features, and benefits of the large hall, parking lot, and Youth Center.
Large Hall
- Seats 140 guests — easily accommodating small, medium, and large events
- 90 parking spaces means no parking problems!
- Stage with audio/video system. Activity on the 20′ wide, 12′ deep stage is easily visible from all areas of the floor. Back access to the stage allows actors to easily move on and off stage. DJs often prefer setting up on the stage. Six to eight people can be seated at two tables with 3 microphones to conduct a meeting or conference presentation.
- Commercial kitchen for heating food or for a caterer to work out of. The gas stove has a grill & burners and two heating ovens. We have a large 3-door commercial refrigerator. We do not have a freezer. We provide a small microwave oven. The table sitting between the sinks and stove makes preparation and clean-up easy and efficient. The serving window adds flexibility for events. The side door to the back of the hall allows easy delivery of supplies and access to and from the BBQ pits.
- Our rectangular tables & chairs allow easy event configuration. Tables easily seat 8 people.
- If needed, set up a dual buffet line allowing rapid self-serving by the guests.
- Handicap Accessibility: Each building has a gentle sloping cement ramp from the parking lot up to the entrance door. Each restroom has a toilet stall large enough to support wheelchair access and has handrails.
Large Parking Lot
- Excellent space and layout for a flea market, farmers market, car show, cook-off, or safe holiday celebration for families/children.
- Close to Hwy-101 with easy entry and exit for food vans, bus-sized RVs, and pickups with trailers.
- 90 total parking spaces in the L-shaped parking lot beside the Large Hall.
- 30,625 sq/ft booth area right of the hall that easily holds 30 booths each 20′ wide x 10′ deep.
- Typical customer parking: 36 cars park in front of the Hall and 22 park at the Youth Center.
- 220v & 110v hook-up point at the side of the hall for the organizer’s RV or Food Wagon, etc.
- Rent the hall restrooms to avoid hauling in portable toilets.
- Rent the hall to make money selling meals or served for take-out.
- Automatic nighttime security lighting
Youth Center
- 22 parking spaces means no parking problems!
- Overnight tent usage and outdoor activity can occur on the 4,000 sq/ft rear lawn.
- The Center easily handles indoor activities of up to 40 people.
- Never carry an entrance key. Our at-the-door lock box holds the key.
- 3 Storage closets — ask if one is available for your activity.
- A kitchen – for heating food or for a caterer to work out of.
- Easy indoor activity configuration with our supplied tables and chairs.
- Handicap Accessibility: Each building has a gentle sloping cement ramp from the parking lot up to the entrance door. Each restroom has a toilet stall large enough to support wheelchair access and has handrails.
Q5: Is the grange affordable given my budget?
A5: Event prices vary depending upon which area you rent, number of attendees, days of the week, number of days rented, and whether the kitchen and/or BBQ pit is used. Here are example ranges of prices for different types of private or non-profit events held at the large hall, parking lot, or Youth Center. Once the R&R Secretary receives your R&R application she will determine your total event costs, and security/reservation fee. Note: your reservation fee will be refunded to you, if you notify the R&R Secretary 3 weeks or more before the scheduled event, that you are canceling the rental.
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Rental Price Range
Q6: Are there use restrictions/requirements that I must meet?
A6: Yes. But there are differences between the Hall-Parking Lot restrictions and the Youth Center ones. See below:
Large Hall and Parking Lot use restrictions:
- No illicit drug use anywhere on Grange property.
- Wine and champagne are allowed but no hard alcohol.
- Beer may be served only if you get a liquor liability certificate from your insurance company.
- No fireworks.
- No vehicle drifting in the parking lot.
- No music past 10 p.m. (local sound ordinance).
- Evening events end at 10 p.m. (Clean up 10 to 11 p.m.).
- Provide proof of insurance for possible event damages or liability. It is easy to get affordable coverage. To protect your family, youth organization, and the Grange, just contact your non-profit insurance firm or your home insurance company and purchase a one- or two-day coverage plan for the dates of your event.
- For ease of decorating, we have installed hooks, at multiple heights, on all walls in the large hall.
- Damage fee alert: Do not install, in or on the walls, doors, or windows any glue, tape, tacks, nails, staples, or screws. If you do, you will be charged a damage fee.
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Youth Center use restrictions
- Warrant the Grange with a written statement stating that non-profit adult members interacting with the youth do not pose an unacceptable risk to be around children during an activity on the Grange property. Also, California State law requires the non-profit organization to conduct a background investigation reporting that the adult in charge (e.g. troop leader) does not have a criminal record as a sexual offender.
- Provide proof of insurance for possible event damages or breakage. It is easy to get affordable event insurance. To protect your family, youth organization, and the Grange just contact your non-profit insurance firm or your home insurance company and purchase a one- or two-day coverage plan for the dates of your event.
- At least one adult supervisor must be with the youth group at all times.
- No tobacco, wine, alcohol, illicit drugs, or marijuana are allowed within the Youth Center fenced area during any youth activity
- No fireworks
- No vehicle drifting in the parking lot
- No music past 10 p.m. (local sound ordinance)
- Indoor evening events end at 10 p.m. (Clean up 10 to 11 p.m.). However, outdoor overnight events, such as tent camping, are allowed.
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SUBMIT YOUR RENTAL REQUEST – NOW!
