Remain grants have funded opportunities to better understand the island’s food system. In partnership with Nantucket Resource Partnership, Remain has underwritten several studies with Process First to study food insecurity, the transportation of food on the island and how data can improve the communications supporting the demand for food and growing schedules for island farmers.…
After the publication of The Food Insecurity Report: A Look at the Food System on Nantucket, Starting with Food Insecurity, Remain continued to fund research in partnership with Nantucket Resource Partnership and Process First. The second report digs deeper to better understand how much food is grown on Nantucket and how we can better support our…
Nantucket.net Blog (May 25, 2021) — Annye Camara, proprietor and namesake of Annye’s Whole Foods, has long believed that better food leads to better health for all on Nantucket. That concept will continue and expand, following the sale of her mid-island storefront to ReMain Ventures. Read the full article below. ReMain Nantucket Purchases…
The Inquirer and Mirror (April 1, 2021) — There are about 200 farms within 100 miles of Nantucket, but most of the vegetables Mayumi Hattori finds at Stop & Shop are from California. As the former head chef of The Club Car, Hattori built a philosophy around using food grown locally or in New England,…
Yesterday’s Island (February 28, 2021) — The Town of Nantucket has given a $153,500 grant to the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce to assist the island’s business community address the economic challenges of the global pandemic according to Yesterday’s Island. Read the full article here.
NANTUCKET, Mass. (January 13, 2021) — Today, The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce it has awarded $20,000 in grants to local small businesses owners, to help them fund innovative projects in response to the challenges of operating during the Covid-19 pandemic. With the support of ReMain Ventures, The Chamber’s Rock…
The follow-up to the Nantucket Impact Survey, Natucket COVID-19 Findings was released in October of 2020. It focused on the current economic status of local businesses, pandemic-related challenges and insights into post-season sustainability and needs. All businesses and organizations island wide, including members of Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Nantucket nonprofit organizations, Nantucket Builders Association…
NANTUCKET, Mass. July 22, 2020 — ReMain Nantucket announced on July 22, 2020 the inception of Envision Resilience: Nantucket Challenge, a coastal resilience initiative that will leverage academia and local leadership to develop and consider innovative and adaptive solutions to sea level rise. Nantucket Island is one of hundreds of U.S. cities and towns threatened…
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.…
WCAI (December 4, 2019) — Most of us probably know about how much money we make each year. But, do you know exactly how much it actually costs for you to get through each day? Can you easily tally up your housing, transportation, food and even childcare costs? Listen to the story from WCAI here.