I've always wanted to have an outdoor wedding, but my fiancee is in the military and is deployed and I'm college so planning around both our demanding schedules is putting our wedding at the end of March...and it's Oregon. Neither of us have a church that means anything to us and we'll be having a fairly large amount of guests. I'm at a loss of where to have a wedding. Any ideas? Somewhere around the Willamette Valley/Portland/anywhere in the middle.
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You can do your own catering (we are in September) and the venue will hold up to 200 people.
The people there are fantastic and quick to respond... ample street parking and it's next to one of the PCC campuses so there is weekend parking.
They were one of the least expensives indoor places that I could find that allow you to bring in your own food.
http://www.northstarballroom.com/
There's a Grand Ballroom in McMinnville that will let you do everything on your own for $1,600. McMenamin's in McMinnville and will waive the cost of the venue with $2k in food and drink purchases. I think the one in Forest Grove has similar deals.
Also, I would check college campuses. I know Willamette University has an absolutely beautiful old chapel and you can rent a reception space as well if you timed it during their spring break. Their catering has been on the Food Network and is crazy inexpensive. WOU has the Gentle House they rent for weddings all the time and it's pretty nice and inexpensive.
http://www.andersonlodge.com
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