Middleburg Civic Association

I was interested in renting the building to host a baby shower. Upon visiting the website, it has you submit an inquiry if you are interested in renting the space, so I did that. Waited several days with no response so I called. The first time I called, the lady that answered, answered the phone “Doc Tony’s” so I hung up. I waited until the next day and called back and got the same greeting so I proceeded to tell her that I was trying to reserve the space for a baby shower. She asked me for the date, said she was driving but she would call me back in 10 min when she was in front of the calendar and let me know if that date was available. I waited, no call back. The next day, I called again and the same lady answered. I told her I had been expecting her call back and again proceeded to ask if the building was available the date we needed it for. She said it was, told me the fees and instructed me on now to go about completing the reservation process. I went onto their website again, found the rental contract and began filling it out. The fees in the contract they were wanting me to sign were less than I was quoted over the phone, so when I went to email the contract back to the email address the website tells you to send it to - I asked that they confirm receipt of the contract and confirm the price due to the discrepancy in what I was told and what I was signing so I could make the payment. It has been almost a week (over 2 weeks since I originally inquired) since I sent the contract back and not one response. At this point, we have secured another location for the shower but the serious lack of response by those tasked with running this is mind blowing. I am guessing these people are all volunteers, which is great. But I’m also guessing that by renting this place out, it’s income generating for the county … how does anyone even have a chance to rent it when no one responds. The community and those interested in using the space should not have to chase anyone down when there are obviously people in place to handle these things. Very disappointing.

This day was set up to hand out free school supplies. It was well attended. Well organized. The staff was very helpful. Great morning.

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