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ReMain Nantucket Invites Community to June 2 Public Presentation for Culmination of Envision Resilience Nantucket Challenge at Great Harbor Yacht Club

By Cecil Barron Jensen

NANTUCKET, Mass. May 7, 2021 — ReMain Nantucket announced earlier this month the culmination of the Envision Resilience Nantucket Challenge on Wednesday, June 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. ET at the Great Harbor Yacht Club. Students in architecture, landscape design and urban sustainability from five leading universities will present their final design proposals for…

Measuring Nantucket Attitudes on Climate Change Part I

By Cecil Barron Jensen

Remain conducted a two-part survey measuring attitudes on climate change within the Nantucket community between 2021 and 2022, run in part with the Envision Resilience Nantucket Challenge and conducted by Boston-based consulting firm EBP. The Envision Resilience Challenge model, a coastal resilience initiative that connects academia, local leadership and community members, first launched in the…

Survey measuring attitudes on climate change finds that Nantucketers are alarmed, prepared to take individual action

By Cecil Barron Jensen

NANTUCKET, Mass. March 9, 2021 — Nantucketers are alarmed about climate change, according to results of a new survey conducted by ReMain Nantucket and ACKlimate and released today. An analysis of the survey, conducted in January, found that Nantucketers are far more likely to be alarmed about climate change than the national average, 73 percent…

Phase II Economic Impact Survey

By Cecil Barron Jensen

NANTUCKET, Mass. September 1, 2020 — ReMain Nantucket announced that the next in a series of surveys studying the economic impacts of COVID-19 on local businesses and organizations is being released starting today. With the summer season concluding and the remaining economic uncertainty, the Town of Nantucket and the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce are…

Single-Use Plastics Campaigns

By Cecil Barron Jensen

A plastics awareness campaign called Stop the Straw was launched by the Town of Nantucket’s ACKLocal program, in collaboration with Maria Mitchell Association and Remain Nantucket in the spring of 2018. While its purpose was to voluntarily encourage businesses and consumers to eliminate single-serve plastic straws and stirrers by encouraging sustainable alternatives, its influence rippled…

ReMain Nantucket Launches Envision Resilience Nantucket Challenge, Calling on Design Students to Reimagine Nantucket Harbor

By Cecil Barron Jensen

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…

Stop the Straw Campaign

By Virna Gonzalez

To reduce the impact of single-use plastics in our landfill and harbor, ReMain joined the Stop the Straw campaign initiated by ACKLOCAL for the Town of Nantucket. Collaborating alongside Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket Department of Public Works (DPW), the Nantucket Dreamland, and The Inquirer & Mirror, a multi-level approach was taken to generate strong awareness and encourage change. Several free film screenings of Straws and Plastic…

ReMain Nantucket joins Nantucket Organizations to Develop Economic Impact Study of COVID-19 Crisis

By Cecil Barron Jensen

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…

ReMain Nantucket and the Community Foundation for Nantucket Partner with $250,000 Match to Help Nonprofits during COVID-19 Crisis

By Cecil Barron Jensen

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…

ReMain Nantucket Releases Study of Island’s Cultural Offerings

By Cecil Barron Jensen

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…