The Margaret Austin Center is a non-profit organization established to provide a quiet and inexpensive setting for retreats and meetings in Chappell Hill, Texas.
The Center serves primarily the spiritual, educational and medical communities of Texas but is available for both weekend and longer retreats to any appropriate group whose members need time and space in which to withdraw and renew themselves.
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Open to All:
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Mission/Lineage: The Margaret Austin Center is a public charity established to preserve this beautiful rustic facility as a quiet and inexpensive setting for retreats and meetings which have a spiritual, educational, or health-related focus.
Average Cost: $
Environment: River / Stream, Rural, Woods
Gay Friendly: Yes!
Restrictions: No Smoking
Language: English
Overnight Guest Capacity (defined as):
50
Meeting Space Capacity (defined as):
60
Meeting Rooms:
| Room Name | Square Feet | Capacity | Description |
| Dining Hall | 500 | 50 | A large professional kitchen is at the disposal of the retreat, which may either elect to bring and prepare its own food or hire a chef to cook onsite. We can provide a list of recommended chefs who will prepare the type of food requested by the retreat. |
| Meeting Hall | 1030 | 60 | Our meeting hall is a large, open room, framed on three sides by floor to ceiling windows with views of rolling pasture, a forest of golden bamboo, and an outdoor labyrinth. This room has been used for meditation, dance, group instruction, and yoga. |
| Teachers Quarters | 500 | 12 | The Teachers Quarters is a smaller space designed to house up to 4 retreat leaders and/or retreat teachers. In addition, it can be used for meetings, planning sessions, group discussions, interviews and other small gatherings of up to 12 people. |
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Groups Served: 12 Step / Addiction / Recovery, Arts / Crafts, Church / Faith / Religious
Room Types: Dorm, Tent
Some or all housing is single sex only.
Location of this Retreat:
6650 Trackside Rd
Chappell Hill, TX 77426
United States
Travel Info: Chappell Hill is an hour-and-a-quarter drive northwest from Houston TX and an hour-and-a-half drive southwest from Austin, off Highway 290. Brenham, Texas is about 10 miles from the Center, and Bryan/College Station is approximately 55 miles from the Center.
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Reservation Criteria: We rent our facilities to retreat leaders for the functions they organize. We advertise booked retreats which are open to the public by e-mail, in our newsletter, and in selected advertising venues, free of charge to the retreat.
The cost of the facility is $35 per person, per night, with a minimum rental fee of $1,200 for a weekend stay (Friday night, all day Saturday, and 1/2 day Sunday). This fee does not include the cost of meals, which is arranged separately by the retreat. Discounted rates are available for retreats lasting for more than the Friday-Sunday time frame. A deposit of $600 holds your retreat dates.
Retreat Contact: Allicyn Robinson
Phone: 800-836-4757
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Organization Contact:
Margaret Austin Center
6650 Trackside Rd
Chappell Hill, TX 77426
United States
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