Rental rates for the Hudson Valley Writers Center: 4 Hour package: $750 includes cleaning fee. Your event takes place during any four consecutive hours of your choice, including all setup and cleanup time. Additional hours are $150 hourly. Full day package: $1300 includes cleaning fee. You can have the space from 10am – 10pm on your specified day. Dropping off items or setting up on the day prior will incur an additional charge and is subject to availability. $100/per hour, nonprofit rate. Please contact us for details. Proof of nonprofit status and a cleaning fee may be required. *Timing includes any hours you need to set up and clean up. The timing is rounded to the nearest hour.

Our legal limit is 75 persons. However, for comfort we might recommend about 50. If the weather is nice, you can expand your space with use of our balcony (which is mostly covered) and, people have erected rental tents in the front parking spaces that belong to us adjacent to our building. So you can expand your space by using our exterior spaces, but keep in mind the room itself is cozy.

We offer you: Use of our Great Room, two bathrooms, a front porch, our adjacent parking spaces (can be used for other things besides parking), and a back balcony overlooking train/river. We have a small kitchenette equipped with small microwave, small fridge/freezer, sink, and counter. Groups often use this for a food staging area. We have six 8-foot rectangular tables and 70 chairs We also have other wooden tables around the room. You can rearrange the furniture and decorate as you wish, but within reason. There is a lectern available. We have a stash of ceramic plates, small plates, small bowls, and mason jars for vases. The space is on one level and is wheelchair accessible. There are no stairs; there’s a slight ramp in front off the parking lot. We can offer recommendations of caterers who know the space and we’ve had good experiences with. We live here and can recommend other vendors and ideas you may want as well; just ask. We charge a cleaning fee of $175 per event. This is often included in your package. Contact us for details. You are responsible for set up and clean up of the facility and may have to buy nominal additional insurance depending on event type. You can rearrange the furniture and decorate as you wish, but within reason, though we ask you to return the room to the layout in which it was found.