In an effort to study the economic impacts of COVID-19 on local businesses and organizations on Nantucket, the Nantucket Economic Survey Team (NEST) was formed in April 20220 by representatives from Remain, the Nantucket Department of Culture and Tourism, Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Nantucket Island Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Foundation for Nantucket.…
NANTUCKET, Mass. April 8, 2020 — ReMain Nantucket announced today that it has commissioned a series of studies on the short-term economic impacts of COVID-19 on local businesses and organizations. The initial survey, which is being conducted by the Boston-based consulting firm EBP US, was emailed to members of Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Nantucket Island…
NANTUCKET, Mass. March 30, 2020 —ReMain Nantucket and Community Foundation for Nantucket announced today ReMain Nantucket’s dollar-for-dollar matching donation of up to $250,000 to support the Community Foundation for Nantucket’s Emergency Relief Fund, which will provide grants to local non-profit organizations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, the Community Foundation…
NANTUCKET, Mass. March 12, 2020 — ReMain Nantucket will release the results of a new study examining Nantucket’s cultural programming that explores Nantucket’s cultural landscape and reveals opportunities for collaboration among the Island’s many organizations. The study and report were prepared by EBP, a Boston-based consulting firm specializing in evaluation and analysis supporting planning and…
NANTUCKET, Mass. November 19, 2019 — What does it cost to live on Nantucket? No one has ever really answered that question — until now. The Nantucket Data Platform (NDP) has launched an online tool that measures the true cost of living on Nantucket, in real dollars. The Cost of Living Calculator includes the…
N Magazine (August 29, 2019) — When Melissa Philbrick retired from her post as the longtime executive director of ReMain Nantucket last year, she left some big shoes to fill. Under her watch, Philbrick helped ReMain founder Wendy Schmidt actualize a vision of revitalizing Nantucket’s downtown and supporting its year-round economy through a wide range…
In a seasonal community, with a population that changes over the months, weeks or even days, it was impossible to make meaningful decisions without having concrete data. Knowing how many people are present on the island is essential if social services is to be right-sized, infrastructure planning is accurate, and solid waste flows can be…
Learning has always been at the center of the Nantucket community and Remain has invested in that premise through our work at the Nantucket Community Music Center and Nantucket Community School and The Corner Table and Nantucket Culinary Center. In 2014, building on ongoing collaborative programming efforts, Remain engaged Economic Development Research Group, Inc. (EDR…
In an effort to help the Nantucket community and local leaders address specific planning challenges in building a more sustainable downtown, Remain engaged with the Urban Land Institute (ULI)—a nonprofit educational and research institution with 40,000 members nationwide, including architects, engineers, land developers, planners and urban designers. In October 2008, a nine-person ULI Advisory Panel…