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Salvage and Reuse in Action with Delivery of Office Furniture to Island Nonprofits

By Claire McElwain

NANTUCKET, MA — In an innovative partnership to encourage sustainability, salvage and reuse, The Community Foundation for Nantucket (CFN), Remain and Boston Building Resources (BBR) are joining forces to deliver nearly 40 pieces of high-quality office furniture to nonprofit organizations across the island. This initiative reflects a shared commitment between the organizations to environmental stewardship…

Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides and Evolving Landscapes—A Multimedia Exhibition Exploring Climate Futures Through Art and Design—Opens at SPACE Gallery on April 4

By Claire McElwain

PORTLAND, Maine — Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides and Evolving Landscapes, a new multimedia exhibition bridging visual art and adaptive design, will open at SPACE Gallery on Friday, April 4 with a free community reception at 5 p.m., Envision Resilience announced today. Through student and community partnerships, Envision Resilience works to advance innovative city planning…

Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate—A Multi-Month Exhibition of Innovative Student Designs—Opens at the South Portland Public Library

By Claire McElwain

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate exhibition will open at the South Portland Public Library on March 21 with a free community open house at 5 p.m. that will celebrate featured student designs for how this coastal community can thrive in a changing climate. Curated by…

Remain’s Envision Resilience Challenge Spins Off into New Organization

By Claire McElwain

NANTUCKET, Mass. (February 10, 2025) — Envision Resilience, an annual design studio that for the last five years has brought together students and coastal communities to imagine a resilient future in the face of climate change, will spin off from parent organization Remain into an independent organization, the two groups announced today. “Launching programs…

Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate—A Multi-Month Exhibition of Adaptive Proposals for Portland and South Portland—Opens at the Portland Public Library with a Feb. 7 Opening Reception

By Claire McElwain

PORTLAND, Maine (January 27, 2025) — The Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate exhibition is now open at the Portland Public Library’s Community Gallery through March 15. A free community open house will celebrate the exhibition on Friday, Feb. 7, in conjunction with Creative Portland’s First Friday Art Walk. Curated by…

The Hive at 5 Amelia Drive Opens with Four Local Makers

By Claire Martin

NANTUCKET, Mass. (October 28, 2024) — The six commercial kitchens at The Hive, Nantucket’s first shared-use commercial kitchen facility and food business incubator, officially came online this week with four local makers, Remain and Nantucket Food Group announced today. The public is invited to visit The Hive at 5 Amelia Drive on Friday, Nov. 1…

Eight University Partners Selected for Fourth Envision Resilience Challenge: The 2024 Design Studio and Community Engagement Initiative will Explore Portland and South Portland, Maine

By Charlotte Van Voorhis

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 Footprints Launches First Virtual Reality Garden Tour: An Interactive, Educational Experience of the Island’s Native Biodiversity

By Charlotte Van Voorhis

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…