By Marina Jube
Housing on Nantucket is complicated. Dozens of organizations, programs, income limits and rules shape who can rent, buy or build on the island. For many year-round residents, the hardest part is knowing where to start. On Oct. 5, Remain hosted Nantucket Housing 101 in the Great Hall at the Nantucket Atheneum. The free panel was…
By Marina Jube
Nantucket generates a minimum of 17,000 tons of construction and demolition debris each year. On Saturday, Sept. 19, Remain brought four regional experts to the Thomas Macy Warehouse to talk about what that material, along with the island’s invasive plants, organic waste and household trash, could become instead. The free Nantucket Reuse Speaker Series took…
By Marina Jube
Nantucket generates a minimum of 17,000 tons of construction and demolition debris each year, according to a salvage study by the Boston-based consulting firm EBP. It is easy to see that figure as a burden, but other communities see it as a shared resource. A 10-panel exhibition presented by Remain at the Nantucket Reuse Speaker…
By Marina Jube
Remain’s recent study examines how employer-supported housing affects Nantucket’s workforce, businesses and year-round community. Conducted with the Boston-based consulting firm EBP US from January through June 2026, the study surveyed 72 island employers, interviewed stakeholders, reviewed property data and looked at four other tourism-dependent communities facing the same pressure: Davos, Switzerland; the Isle of Skye,…
This tour highlights the Nantucket Garden Club’s Coastal Resilient Plant Garden at the Nantucket Saltmarsh Center, located at 81 Washington Street. Designed with durability and sustainability in mind, this garden uses hardy native plants to stabilize coastal banks, reduce erosion, and withstand the impacts of a changing climate—all without the need for fertilizer or pesticides.…
Introduced by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation and located at 118 Cliff Road, the Native Biodiversity Meadow offers a different approach to sustainable landscaping. This expansive meadow prioritizes plant diversity to support wildlife and pollinators, while significantly reducing the need for irrigation and chemical inputs. Through the virtual tour, viewers can explore the meadow’s evolving landscape…
Located at 16 Candle House Lane, the Garden of the Sea is a 0.25-acre pollinator garden designed to demonstrate the power of thoughtful, biodiverse planting. Featuring three distinct garden beds, each abundant with native species, this landscape supports pollinators while illustrating how small-scale interventions can contribute to the health of Nantucket’s broader ecosystem. As part…
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…
This effort merges public and private data, including trip-level data from ferries and airlines, with ground-breaking data science. It offers a detailed portrait of daily changes in the island’s population. The drop-downs tools in the online version of the report help you focus on specific areas of interest and allow you to view a…
In the fall of 2023, Remain Nantucket continued its partnership with the Nantucket Preservation Trust on exploring deconstruction, salvage and reuse on the island with a public workshop featuring experts from San Antonio, Texas and Savannah, Georgia, alongside local stakeholders, to delve into deconstruction strategies and circular economy models. Watch the commercial for the workshop…