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Envision Resilience: Designs for Living with Rising Seas—A Month-Long Exhibition of Adaptive Proposals for Sea Level Rise on Narragansett Bay—Opens at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence with a June 4 Open House and Reception

By Claire Martin

PROVIDENCE, R.I. May 27, 2022 —The Envision Resilience: Designs for Living with Rising Seas exhibition opens with a free community open house on Saturday, June 4 at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The exhibition, which runs from June 4 through June 26, will feature adaptive designs by participating university teams in the…

Nantucket Preservation Trust and ReMain Nantucket Engage in Building Materials Reuse and Architectural Salvage Study

By Charlotte Van Voorhis

NANTUCKET, Mass. January 10, 2022 — Every year on Nantucket, more than 8,800 tons of construction and demolition waste are transported off-island, eventually winding up in a landfill facility in southern Ohio. This includes materials from homes that have been either entirely or partially demolished, much of which has the potential to be salvaged and…

ReMain Nantucket Expands Envision Resilience Challenge, Calling on University Students to Collaborate to Reimagine Narragansett Bay

By Claire Martin

NANTUCKET, Mass. December 7, 2021 — The Envision Resilience Challenge, which calls on university students around the country to develop adaptive and creative solutions to sea level rise, will expand to its second coastal community—Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, ReMain Nantucket announced today. ReMain Nantucket introduced the inaugural challenge on Nantucket in spring 2021,…

ReMain Nantucket Opens Envision Resilience: Designs for Living with Rising Seas Exhibition at WaterArts Center in Providence

By Claire Martin

PROVIDENCE, R.I. July 2, 2021 — As coastal communities around the world grapple with the rapidly accelerating impacts of climate change, the Envision Resilience Challenge model turns to design as a pathway forward. The Envision Resilience Challenge inspires coastal communities to visualize innovative adaptations to sea level rise that allow us to embrace and, maybe…

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

By Claire Martin

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…

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

By Claire Martin

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…

Nantucket Chamber of Commerce to Launch the Rock Solid Fund

By Charlotte Van Voorhis

NANTUCKET, Mass. (November 18, 2020) — Today, The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with ReMain Ventures, is pleased to announce a new grant program has been established for local small businesses owners, to help them launch innovative responses to economic challenges, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The Rock Solid Fund will award micro-grants…

Phase II Economic Impact Survey

By Claire Martin

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…

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

By Claire Martin

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…