Video Transcript: Let’s talk about carrying capacity.

Watch: Let’s talk about carrying capacity. Hey there Nantucket its Grant from the Nantucket owner’s manual, a guide to leaving the island better than we found it. Today let’s talk about carrying capacity. It was in the news recently that the vineyard is doing a carrying capacity study. And a lot of folks wonder what’s …

Video Transcript: Let’s talk about the folks who say it used to be nicer.

Watch here: Let’s talk about the folks who say it used to be nicer. Hello, Nantucket, it’s Grant from the Nantucket Owner’s Manual, a guide to leaving the island better than we found it. It’s Bill Connell’s birthday today. He founded the clean team. I’ve known him since my kids were five or six. 20+ …

Video Transcript: A discussion on Facebook and its impact on the community

Watch the video here: A discussion on Facebook and its impact on the community Hey there Nantucket, it’s Grant from the Nantucket owner’s manual again, and today I’d like to talk about Facebook. And the role that Facebook has been playing in our community. There is a lot of chatter going on, on Facebook. And …

Video Transcript: Let’s talk about traffic and bikes

Watch the video here: Let’s talk about traffic and bikes Hey there Nantucket, it’s Grant Sanders from the Nantucket Owner’s Manual again and today let’s just talk about the traffic getting around the island. It’s pretty bad out there, right? Well, not for everyone. I’ve actually solved this problem for myself, and you probably can …

Video Transcript: Five Things You Might Not Know About Affordable Housing

Click to see the video: Five things you may not know about affordable housing Hey there Nantucket it’s GRANT from the Nantucket owners manual here once again. And today let’s talk about Five things you may not know about affordable housing. Okay. One. Affordable housing does not necessarily mean “housing you can afford.” On Nantucket …

Opinion: On Silencing the “Mean Girls in the Cafeteria.”

Nantucket is a wonderful place with a great community and so much to be grateful for. When someone is in trouble, neighbors spring into action to help. Lost dogs. Seed scallop stranding. A loss from a fire. A boat that needs to be hauled off the bottom of the harbor. Someone has trouble paying medical …

Editorial: Traffic on Nantucket? Solved.

How I got through one of the busiest summers on record without ever getting stuck or wasting time in traffic.   [Originally published on the SAND.agency blog in September of 2019.] Most people who live on Nantucket like to complain. If there was a “Complaining Olympics,” Nantucket would take bronze, silver, and gold every four years. …