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Waterville Main Street would like to thank the following 2012-13 Downtown Partners for their investment in the future of Downtown Waterville. For more information on how you can become a Downtown Partner, contact WMSt at 207-680-2055 or jennifer@watervillemainstreet.org. You may also make a secure contribution online by clicking on our PayPal donation link.
View a list of 2011-12 Partners.

 

 

CONTRIBUTING BENEFACTORS:

$20,000+ Platinum

  • City of Waterville
  • Colby College

$5,000+ Silver

  • Inland Hospital
  • Maine General Health

$1,000+ Bronze

  • Central Maine Motors Auto Group
  • The Framemakers
  • Jennifer Strode
  • Kennebec Federal Savings KFS
  • Lavender Designs
  • Mainely Brews Brewhouse & Restaurant

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS:

$500+ Community Partners

  • FrameMakers
  • Joseph's Market
  • Mix 107.9
  • People's Salon & Spa
  • Wheeler & Arey, P.A.

$250+ Downtown Partners

  • Amici's Cucina
  • The Avalon Group
  • Champions
  • Day's Travel Bureau
  • Jokas' Discount Beverage
  • Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce
  • Nicholson & Associates
  • Poulin Opticians
  • Silver Street Tavern
  • Val Shell's Pawn Shop
  • Waterville Investment Properties, LLC
  • Waterville Opera House

$100+ Associate Partners

  • Advance 1 Cleaning
  • A.E. Hodsdon Engineers
  • Belgrade Lakes Resources
  • Blue Wave Dance Studio
  • Children's Book Cellar
  • Earth Bound
  • GHM Insurance Agency
  • Geller and Geller Law Offices
  • Hanover Computer Company
  • Hardy Girls Healthy Women
  • Hathaway Creative Center
  • Head Quarters Hair Styling
  • HealthReach Network
  • The Lunder Foundation
  • Maine Film Center
  • Nale Law Offices
  • O'Donnell, Lee, McCowen & Phillips
  • People's United Bank
  • Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.
  • SBS Carbon Copy
  • Shadow Distribution
  • Spell Bound...A Gamer's Paradise
  • State Farm Insurance/Fortier Agency
  • L. Tardif Jewler
  • Waterville Investment Properties

PERSONAL PARTNERSHIPS:

$500-999 Community Partners

  • Theodore Helberg
  • Emilie van Eeghen & Richard Tory

$250-499 Downtown Partners

  • Reverend Karen S. Byrne
  • Ronald & Judy Ducharme

$100-249 Hometown Partners

  • Marian Schmidt
  • Scott & Trish Bullock
  • Doug & Marie Cutchin
  • Charles Giguere
  • Maria & Chuck Hays
  • Kimberly Lindlof
  • Pat Michaud & Sarah Woehler Michaud
  • George Myers & Kit Munroe-Myers
  • Randall & Christine Phair
  • Veronique Plesch
  • Lisa Hallee and Eric Sharpe
  • Susan Allein and Richard Flanagan
  • Irene & Don Plourde
  • Peter & Jane Redmond
  • Suzannd Uhl-Melanson & Jeff Melanson
  • Walter Simcock

$50-99 Family Partners

  • Dr. Keith Cook
  • Mary & Gene Beaupre
  • Betty Jane & Earle Bessey
  • Mark & Jennifer Buker
  • Mary Jo Carlsen & John Wheeler 
  • Jane & Karl Dornish
  • Beatrice Dubord
  • Lori & Derek Gervais
  • Jill Gordon
  • Kathy & David Glenn-Lewin
  • Marilyn Hall
  • Doreen and Bruce Hebda
  • Thomas and Cynthia Longstaff
  • John and Holly Margolis
  • Ruth and Clifford Manchester
  • Abbott and Nancy Meader
  • Michael & Karen Nawfel
  • Ann Rosenthal  
  • Michael & Schari Roy
  • Joyce Stein, D.O.
  • Alleen Thompson

$15-49 Individual Partners

  • The Bob-in
  • Tom Brazier
  • Suzanne Culver
  • Linda Higgins
  • Alan and Carrie Haberstock
  • Kathleen & Steve Kelleher
  • Eva Linfield
  • Julie & Mark Macksoud
  • Betty-Jane Meader
  • Fred J. Newhard
  • Lea & Dr. Jose Ramirez
  • Charles Reeves
  • Ellen Richmond
  • Rick Tonge, Tonge Investment Services
  • Nilda Wolman



Want to learn more about the independent business owners in downtown Waterville?
Check out our Meet Me Downtown series, written by volunteer Michelle Troutman to highlight the people behind the storefronts...more

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Corner of Elm and Park Streets

Rev. Jeremiah Chaplin, the first president of Colby College, formed this church in 1818. Because it was illegal for a religious group to own property, an organization of pew holders was formed... Learn more.

For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 stays in the local economy, creating jobs and expanding the city's tax base. For every $100 spent at a national chain or franchise store, only $14 remains in the community.