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Our Story: Waterman’s Community Center

is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization on the beautiful island of North Haven, ME located 12 miles out in Penobscot Bay. Waterman’s Community Center includes a 134-seat theater, state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment, a large community room for events and art exhibits, a coffee shop, classrooms for the Laugh & Learn Preschool programs and meeting space. Waterman's offers a wide range of programs and events for all ages including after school programs, concerts, art exhibits, theater/dance productions, presentations, film screenings, summer camps, adult and teen workshops, and much more.

Community, Creativity, Connection

Annual Report

Every October Waterman’s holds its Annual Meeting for trustees and advisors. In 2024, a power point presentation was compiled featuring what has been happening over the last year as well as a historic lookback at some financials and programing trends. We hope you enjoy clicking through it!

Mission Statement

Our mission at Waterman’s Community Center is to create a vibrant and inclusive environment that enriches the North Haven community through the arts, cultural, recreational, and educational programming for individuals of all ages. Through the provision of the island’s only preschool program, we are dedicated to ensuring access to early childhood education and that the growing number of young families have the ability to work and live on North Haven.

Vision

Waterman's Community Center endeavors to provide enriching and engaging programming for North Haven residents and visitors of all ages. Waterman’s aims to be the hub of North Haven and remain a cornerstone of community, creativity and connections for generations to come.

Waterman's Story

Built on the footprint of Waterman's Store, Waterman's Community Center opened its doors in 2004 to satisfy the social and cultural needs of North Haven's year round and seasonal residents. The building, which houses a coffee shop, preschool, theater, administrative offices and conference room, was designed as the physical manifestation of North Haven Arts & Enrichment, which since the mid-1990s provided financial and content support to North Haven Community School in the form of guest artists and other enrichment activities.

Waterman's Store, a gathering place in its own right, had been vacant for years. Its location in the heart of North Haven's downtown working waterfront made it an ideal location for the community center. Although preserving the original structure proved out of reach, the new building is an homage to the store. 

Waterman's Community Center provides a vibrant schedule of art shows, films, theatrical performances, concerts and lectures, featuring the best of the year round and summer communities. The coffee shop is a gathering place for young and old alike, with community lunches and coffees and a quiet place to sit and sip tea and coffee while using the high-speed internet. The pre-K serves the island's children. Waterman's staff have open door offices upstairs, next to the conference room.