I use the South Portland Community Center primarily for its pool. It's $3 for South Portland…read moreresidents, or you can buy a punchcard for 50 visits that lowers the cost-per-visit to $2.50. Not a bad deal! The people are friendly, the locker rooms are spacious and clean, and the pool is perfectly-heated. It's a great temperature for lap swimming or just playing around. In addition to the pool, there are basketball courts and an indoor track. The South Portland Community Center is a great local resource, and I'm very glad I've started taking advantage of it. If you live in the area, I suggest you do too! Just don't everybody come at once, because the pool can get pretty crowded during lap swim.

Great for open hours of youth basketball - organized chaos. And the pool is fun as well. And nice…read morethat it's open to non-SoPo residents.

I came here for training and a meeting recently and it was my first time ever in this facility…read moresince I'm not local. But wow! From the moment I walked into this place I could tell that this is quite an amazing community center with lots of activities that can be done including the large auditorium where our training was held. Such a nice place to hold a meeting, we were thrilled and highly recommend anyone needing to rent out for a specific event to consider using this venue.

Great spot for the community when the weather is inclement. Huge play structure, large indoor…read morefields with balls and soccer nets, plenty of seating, clean bathrooms, and a large parking. It's nice that the church opens it up to the community. Highly recommend for a free thing to do with the kids, since Maine does not have a lot of indoor free activities.

I came as a guest with my Mother in law for a Tai Chi class. It is a terrific facility with plenty…read moreof parking out front. She pays $40 for 4 months of unlimited classes. What a bargain as well as a find. There was 23 of us for the class. The students were very intent to learning how to do the moves correctly. Since it was my first time everyone there was very welcoming and friendly. I can see why my Mom loves it and so do I. If I lived here you wouldn't have to ask me twice to go as I would run to sign up. The group was very engaged in the process and would ask a lot of questions. The teacher was very good and the best part is you could go at your own pace no pressure. Not like the classes I have attended previously where they call you out by name. In fact I found it to be very relaxing and soothing and left with more inner calm which I was desperately seeking.

Dunaway Community Center is the venue where we saw a concert featuring Paul Sullivan and Con…read moreFullam. It was the first concert of the 29th Annual Capriccio Music Festival presented by Ogunquit Performing Arts. We had seen Paul Sullivan in concert in Damariscotta, Maine 25 or 30 years ago and enjoyed the concert so much we bought all 5 CDs he had out at the time. When I learned from his email a few months ago that he would be performing tonight Alan and I discussed rearranging our itinerary slightly so we could see him. The center was built in1974 w/ $250,000 given by philanthropist Sanford Judson Dunaway. It looks as if it houses civic offices as well as the performances space. Architecturally it looks mid-century New England. Parking lots are on the side and in the back. A walkway leads from the back parking lot to the front entrance of the community center. There are basketball courts next door which were closed from 6 PM to 11 PM tonight, probably because of the concert. The auditorium is large, w/ a stage in front. Comfortably padded blue chairs had been set up in rows w/ aisles separating the center section from two side sections. There are a couple of bathrooms on the main level, one all gender, the other marked 'staff only' which means people unfamiliar w/ the facility wouldn't know they could use it--or even that it was a bathroom--unless they were told. It would be good if temporary signs were posted at future events alerting people to this. The concert piano was a 122 year old Steinway which had been rescued and restored by Betty Dunaway Burnham, a local pianist and Judson Dunaway's daughter, who was chair of the board of Ogunquit Performing Arts and two master piano tuners she engaged, Frank Hanson and Vincent D'Errico. The piano tuners bought the abused piano from a piano dealer and restored it to life. Once their work was done they sold the piano to OPA at cost, donating their labor to restore it, w/ the agreement that they would maintain it, again donating their labor. The only caveats were that the piano could be used only for OPA performances and that they would maintain it. The piano is a 7'9" Concert Model C w/ an ebony finish. It looks and sounds magnificent and OPA is justifiably proud of it.

Danville Community Center was previously known as the Danville Fire Association Hall until the Town…read morepurchased it in 2011. They made a lot of improvements to it (new secure entry doors, upgraded/updated kitchen and washrooms, etc.). They kept the rustic knotty pine panelling. Not my thing, but it warms up what would otherwise be a sterile commercial building. It's the polling place for all municipal, state and federal voting events, used by several town organizations (some committees, youth sports leagues, senior luncheons, I think guides and scouts, etc.). Town earns some revenue by renting it out for private functions. And blood drives are held here. Used to be just once a year around Christmas, but now I think Red Cross comes three times. Residents of Danville seem to be getting a good deal of use from the Community Center. Dare I say money well spent? ;)