I myself have just moved to minnesota and was looking forward to familiarizing myself with the ren fest here (i was a regular at massachusett's King Richard's Faire)

it seems to me that any ren fest seems to generate those who are violently loyal and would do just about anything to help the fest out... perhaps a band of volunteers could team up for moving, rebuilding, painting, landscaping, etc?

if land is found, i will be the first to offer to help- . i can paint, cook, build (sort of, i have a bad back), dig, plant, plan, sew, etc. i have graphic design training so if new signs needed to be done i'd be up for that. cooking for the other volunteers? as long as i have the supplies and the place to do it, i'm all about it. if we had enough people and all the stuff we needed we could get the whole thing done in a week or 2 (or over a few weekends).

the building supplies : could be donated by a local lumbar yard in exchange for some free passes

same for the food, etc. the town it is moved to might just be excited about the prospect of additional tourists/income...

where there is a will, there is a way.