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Event Rental at MREA

Host your next event at our site! Nestled in the rolling hills of rural Custer, WI, our ReNew the Earth institute is a Certified Travel Green Wisconsin Site, with indoor and outdoor rental space. Call our site manager for a tour: 715-592-6595.

Our site is great for:

Renewing your vows… or taking them for the first time
Renewing your relationships with a reunion
Renewing your fun with a party

MREA Members are eligible for site rental discounts. Join today!

Family, Business, and Individual Members – $50 off
Lifetime Members – $100 off

Contact MREA at 715-592-6595 or info@midwestrenew.org with questions, information on pricing, to schedule a tour, or to arrange an event rental.

Facilities and Equipment Rentals

We have the following facilities and equipment for Rent:

North building
Education Room
Conference Room
Picnic Tables
Wireless Internet
Camping
Pathfinder
LCD Projector (Mounted in Conference Room)
Laptop
Tents
Others Upon Request

Contact MREA at 715-592-6595 with questions or to arrange facility or equipment rentals.

MREA's North Building in Custer, Wisconsin

Sun Chaser

Our Sun Chaser is a stand-alone photovoltaic power trailer that will supply 35 amps of AC power for 2 hours with no charge from the solar array. The solar array will produce, on average, 2.6 kWh of electricity on a sunny day or about 700 watts per hour. The Sunchaser has powered bands, radio stations, construction sites, wedding receptions, and various equipment for outdoor events.

Rental Rates:

The rental period begins the day the Sun Chaser is picked up and ends the day it is returned.

School and Non-Profit Groups: $25/day
Other Groups: $100/day
Delivery and set-up charge is $60.00 per hour

Contact MREA at 715-592-6595 with questions or to arrange rental of the Sun Chaser.

Solar Pathfinders

We rent Solar Pathfinders to students looking to complete site assessments.

The Solar Pathfinder™ uses a highly polished, transparent, convex plastic dome to give a panoramic view of the entire site. All the trees, buildings or other obstacles to the sun are plainly visible as reflections on the surface of the dome. The sunpath diagram can be seen through the transparent dome at the same time.

Renters must pay for the Solar Pathfinder before rental can be released. Credit card (Visa, MasterCard, and Discover) or check is acceptable. The MREA will hold onto the renter’s credit card information until the item(s) is returned.

If the item(s) is not returned within 10 days a late fee of $5/day will be assessed for each day the item(s) is not returned past the rental agreement. After 10 late days, the renter will be charged the full amount for the item (Pathfinder: $290.00). If the item is damaged, the renter will pay the full cost (Pathfinder: $290.00).

Rental Rate:

Non-Profit: $10 per day
Business: $12 per day

Contact MREA at 715-592-6595 with questions or to arrange a Solar Pathfinder rental.