Rentals

Section 1 - Process, Rent, and Restrictions

1. Prior to securing the date and signing a contract, all interested parties must tour the Grange with the Rental Chair.

2. After a successful tour, a date may be reserved and all parties must sign a contract for the hall use. Signers of the contract must be legally empowered to act for the organization renting the hall. Signers must disclose the organization or organizations that will be using the hall during the rental period.

3. Rent shall be $250 per day (7 am to 9pm), or as provided in the contract. Cost is not reduced for half-days or hourly use. 

4. Rent is due before the event or as provided in the contract.

5. Cleaning, security, and damage deposit shall be $300 and must be paid before the event or as provided in the contract.

6. Deposit shall be returned as quickly as possible following the rental event with the exception of cleaning, security or damages being charged for. Cleaning rate shall be $10 per hour if done by grange members or actual cost if done by a business.

7. Renters must provide proof of their own insurance for the event(s).

8. The Rental Chair and/or the President shall use the hall inspection form for all single use rentals and shall work with the multiple use renters to ensure hall maintenance is kept up.

9. No parties shall be allowed in the Grange hall except for Grange members, local businesses, and local organizations.

10. Food is not permitted on the main level, only on the basement/ground-level floor.

11. There is an ADA elevator providing easy acsess from the ground-level to the main level, but there is no dedicated ADA-restroom onsite. ​​

12. Trash generated by events must be taken with the renter. 

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Section 2 - Authority

1. The Rental Chair can not alter the policy or contract without getting approval from the Grange or Executive Committee.

2. The Grange can amend or revise the policy or contract at any regular meeting.

3. The Executive Committee can approve one time changes in the policy or contract between meetings.

4. Violation of the terms in the contract or rental policy will terminate the rental and the Rental Chair and/or the Master will end the event or activity at the Grange by the best means possible.

 

Section 3 - Member and Community Use

1. Each member of the Boring-Damascus Grange shall be allowed one free hall usage for non-commercial events.

2. Community nonprofit organizations shall be allowed use of the hall free of charge for non-commercial & non-partisan events. This free use is restricted to no more than once-per month. A more consistent use will occur a negotiated fee. 

3. The Grange will not rent to anyone for partisan political events or activities or for any political event or activity that is contrary to established Grange Policy. Nor may any organization or its agents rent the hall for purposes contrary to established Grange Policy.