Southcoast Today (August 20, 2024) — At the corner of Sawyer Street and Acushnet Avenue, a large mural high off the ground with a face partly covered by a pair of binoculars with waves on the lens symbolize the threat and the promise of hope for climate resilience. Read the full story here.
N Magazine (July 31, 2024) — Innovative, forward-thinking ideas for Nantucket are nothing new to Wendy Schmidt, whose latest venture, “The Hive,” will support local farmers and makers to ply their craft while expanding food resources on the island. Read the full story by Antonia DePace and Bruce A. Percelay here.
Bluedot Living (July 10, 2024) — Your guide to eco-friendly living on Nantucket. Read the full Nantucket Green Guide here.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. June 15, 2024 — Since 2020, Envision Resilience has grown with the support and enthusiasm of community members in all three Challenge sites of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island and New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts. It’s the people that make the Envision Resilience Challenge what it is. Take a look at…
Portland Press Herald (May 8, 2024) — Teams of science and design students from prestigious schools like Harvard, Yale and Cornell will be coming to the Casco Bay region this fall to help these coastal communities find ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Read the full article here.
PORTLAND, Maine May 8, 2024 — The Envision Resilience Challenge, a multi-university design studio and community engagement initiative developed by Remain Nantucket, announced today it is headed to Maine with eight universities set to participate. Portland, South Portland and the Casco Bay Islands have been selected as study sites for the 2024 fall design…
NANTUCKET, Mass. March 7, 2024 — The Hive, Nantucket’s first shared-use commercial kitchen facility and food business incubator, is expected to open in July, Remain Ventures announced today. The building at 5 Amelia Drive was acquired by Remain Ventures in July 2022 as a vision of philanthropist Wendy Schmidt to create a profitable, shared-use…
NANTUCKET, Mass. October 23, 2023 — Nantucket Footprints—a program of ReMain Nantucket—is releasing the first of a series of virtual garden tours starting October 23. The Nantucket Footprints Virtual Garden Tour is an immersive experience through various sustainable and resilient gardens that highlight their necessity within our local ecosystem alongside its natural beauty. Its goal…
In the fall of 2023, Nantucket Footprints partnered with the Nantucket Conservation Foundation to launch the first in a series of virtual garden tours, an immersive experience showcasing sustainable and resilient gardens that not only captivate with their natural beauty but also underscore their vital role in our island environment. By incorporating supportive plant species into…
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. May 16, 2023 — Six university partners—including two from the University of Massachusetts system—have been selected for the third iteration of the Envision Resilience Challenge taking place in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Massachusetts, this fall as students develop innovative solutions for coastal communities to adapt to sea level rise. The 2023…