common ground center eco lodge

At Common Ground Center, experience a unique trip that your entire family will enjoy. Reconnect with your loved ones as you explore the beautiful mountains all around and so much more! Share your experience with other travelers! Rentals manager, Nate, was extremely helpful leading up to the wedding and giving us our orientation of the property. / 47.8 miles. The staff was so wonderful and the grounds were a fantastic place for family and friends of all ages to get the chance to visit together. Share with your guests to collect your wedding photos.

They provide multiple different pricing options so you can mix and match what you need. From the very first phone call, our communications with Connor, and later, Emily, were consistently helpful, professional, and thorough. Really magical. The site is also available for private group rentals, weddings, celebrations, and retreats. Our guests loved the rustic cabins and spending time together in a laid back, Vermont camp! It also serves as a reunion for those who have attended camp in the past. This venue was everything we wanted! This is a beautiful spot and a perfect, cozy place for a wedding. Beautiful setting with multiple indoor and outdoor options for the ceremony and/or reception location. Emily was amazing when a (minor) crisis hit a few hours before the ceremony- all of the power in Starksboro had gone out! Don't hesitate, book it. Call for details. My mom and aunt threw a shower for me the morning of the wedding in the common room of the eco-lodge- definitely try to make use of this beautiful space! They responded quickly to emails and were happy to support us with anything we needed. I acknowledge that this type of venue isn't for everyone, but if it strikes a chord with you as it did for us, I can promise you your only wish at the end will be that you could stay longer. After looking into some family-style camps, they decided instead to start their own facility. We did what we meant to do and it worked splendidly.'". Our caterer loved the full-sized professional kitchen too. The reception kicked off as it started getting dark outside, and the full effect of the 16 million twinkly lights that previous folks have left adorning the rafters in the dining hall struck: Pow! We couldn't have picked a better spot to celebrate our wedding - who doesn't love summer camp?! We had dinner outdoors at long banquet tables, and then held our reception in the lovely, holiday light-strewn dining hall.

Everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - exceeded our expectations, from the grounds/facilities to the staff communication to the surrounding location. We could not be happier about our choice to get married at Common Ground. We are dedicated to bringing together and strengthening diverse families and communities. Group rentals are available for groups of up to 200 (day) or 150 (overnight) from mid-May to mid-October. Check out this years best local pros, chosen by couples like you. We cannot recommend the Common Ground Center highly enough! Folks of all ages will be comfortable in the Eco-Lodge rooms and cabins. I would also recommend hiring a few people to help with cleanup. The Common Ground Center was the perfect place for our wedding weekend. Camp is run for four weeks in the summer months. We were able to book for a couple days after to enjoy the venue, clean up and just relax. You can truly make the camp, wedding, and your experience completely your own. The Eco Lodge is AMAZING and worth the extra $$, especially for people who are not down with the rustic nature of the cabins. We had over 85 people staying on site and another 30 or so staying in nearby hotels. Others started as youngsters catching bugs in our wetlands and now are studying environmental science in college. We had a lovely campfire Friday night with those who chose to come up early.

Spend your days hiking, swimming in the private pond, dancing, or doing crafts. Common Ground Center offers many indoor spaces for meetings. Such a perfect spot for a Vermont wedding. So, in mid-October we rented out CGC from Friday at noon until Sunday at noon.

This includes composting, solar energy usage, construction methods using wood from on-site and bamboo flooring, non-toxic paints and locally-sourced materials. In the heart of New England is a place that brings a family vacation to a new level on a 100% solar-powered facility. Our guests also appreciated the Wifi. We had pizza from the wood fired oven for the Rehearsal Dinner, Ceremony & Cocktail Hour on the field near the Eco Lodges, and the reception outside near the dining hall. Contact Jessie Forand at jforand@freepressmedia.com or 651-4859. There is now paid staff and people who contribute their skills, knowledge and community service. Kamens agreed, saying, "One of the things I most value about CGC is the way that friendships form among people of different ages Because CGC promotes interaction and because of the leisurely pace of our days, you find yourself talking to teens, grandparents and everyone in between.". All Rights Reserved. We couldn't have asked for a better experience with the staff either - they patiently answered all of our questions and were available throughout the weekend for last-minute emergencies. Send Inquiry. We had our wedding at the Common Ground Center this May and I cannot begin to describe how amazing it was! The bridal party also got wedding ready in the eco-lodge on the day of and it had plenty of space for us to spread out. Visitors can view the 700-acre camp's cabins and lodge, and learn about the camp's sustainability work. It has a variation of facilities, activities, and options for entertaining guests and having weather back up plans, making it easy to not have to worry about planning out every minute of the time we spent there. This is a way to get a sneak-peek of camp life before signing up for a full stay, Jennings said. Her daughter will return to the camp this year to participate in a musical tribute on May 10.

I would definitely choose to have my wedding on Common Ground again. Common Ground Center offers a unique, eco-friendly setting that stands out from other venues with breathtaking scenery and spectacular buildings. All the amenities you could want, including rustic to more hotel like accommodations in the Eco-lodge. "Some of them starred as 'Babies on Parade' in camp's Big Show and now are professional performers. ResortsandLodges.com is a trademark of, Made INN Vermont, an Urban-Chic Boutique Bed and Breakfast, The Essex, Vermont's Culinary Resort & Spa, Stowe Vacation Rentals & Property Management, Maximum Capacity (number of participants), Burlington International Airport (BTV) We used the wood-fired pizza oven to serve about 85 people, which was a lot of fun. This summer's camps runs July 19-Aug. 15. Common Ground provided the perfect location and setting for us to spend Friday-Sunday celebrating. Common Ground was a fantastic spot. It's an amazing site and all our guests appreciated being there. We had the BEST wedding day. See www.cgcvt.org or call 453-2592 for more information. Tatro Road will be on your left; CGC is at #473. Plan your wedding wherever and whenever you want on the WeddingWire App. We also held a farewell brunch in the dining hall the next morning. Other activities include a children's concert, contra dance and site tours. Over the weekend, we took full advantage of the available facilities and hosted: a campfire & hotdog roast; a square dance with a local caller; a family-led yoga session; hiking, kickball, tetherball; impromptu outdoor jam sessions; a wood-fired pizza session; and, oh yeah, an amazing wedding ceremony and reception. Many folks later told us it was one of the most incredible wedding experiences they had, especially getting to stay on site for several days with family and friends. A place where family and friends can gather, relax, and celebrate for a whole weekend while enjoying nature, exclusive site use, and each other. In 1994 Jim Mendell and Peg Kamens were looking for a family-friendly summer vacation option. We were lucky in that the rain held off on our ceremony day, but we would have been happy to hold it in the beautiful hay barn, had we needed to. We wanted a nontraditional wedding where all our guests could just let go and be kids. We had the flexibility and support in designing a weekend unique to us as a couple, and many guests still mention how memorable the venue was and wish to return for another weekend! Staying at Common Ground offers a vacation with one's own family, but also a chance to make new friends. Rates vary depending on group size and time of year. The possibilities are endless. We wanted a large, naturally striking venue where we could spend quality time with our guests outside the confines of the typical 4-5 hour wedding. It was so wonderful to have everyone spend the weekend together - swimming in the pond, playing lawn games, doing yoga in the hay barn, going on hikes, and just enjoying getting to be with one another. It was like a dream wedding and we still hear from our guests how much fun they had. We loved the pond and open spaces for playing and gathering. Our wedding took place in the Haybarn because of rain, and we loved that we didn't have to worry about a rain location - the barn is really beautiful too. There are activities such as arts and crafts, sports, yoga, music, but instead of parents dropping off their children for a few weeks, the whole brood can join in. Our families pitched in but it was a lot more work than we expected. Using the pizza oven and kitchen in the dining hall made for a delicious and easy-to-prep welcome dinner the night before our wedding. A popular option is the Common Room in the Eco-Lodge, complete with a woodstove, solar-heated floors, tables and chairs, comfortable couches, and a homestyle kitchen. The staff was super responsive and accommodating, and the venue itself is just so incredibly beautiful and relaxing. The staff at Common Ground were so nice and helpful. Couldn't have been a better choice for a location! We ended up buying a bunch of lanterns online but it made it a harder sell for some of our guests who decided to go with BNBs instead of the cabins. Overall, we couldn't have asked for a better location for our wedding! The cabins were so cute and even those who were unsure about being in the great outdoors had a blast! The location is beautiful, and our guests fell in love with it as soon as they arrived (as did we!). Camp Common Ground is their signature week-long family camp and includes all meals, lodging, and activities for the whole family. All rights reserved. The camp, under the umbrella of the Common Ground Center, has been based in Starksboro since 2005 after renting a facility the first year and spending the next 10 at Camp Hochelaga. Our ceremony was Saturday morning, followed by a leisurely afternoon of unstructured time (featuring lawn games!). We made use of the wood-fired pizza oven and the fire pit for our Friday night welcome dinner; it was a fitting beginning for our casual and down to earth wedding weekend. Booking Common Ground Center as our wedding weekend venue was among the easiest and best of our wedding-related decisions. We had 4 main goals for our wedding venue: An absolutely perfect venue for our wedding! An ideal destination for a family reunion, Common Ground Center offers something for everyone. The eco-lodge was wonderful for our parents, grandparents and others who weren't quite ready for no electricity to stay in all weekend. My only real critique would be that it would have been nice if the cabins had lighting. The staff are really helpful and respond to you quickly. The Common Ground Center is perfect for anyone who wants a venue where they can hold multiple events, as well as one where their guests can stay and relax for the whole weekend. I can't recommend CCG enough for your wedding.

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