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. …

Editorial: What would a carrying capacity study on Nantucket look like?

For years, people on Nantucket have been talking about studying the island’s carrying capacity. It’s an easy thing to say. “We need a carrying capacity study!” But it’s a little bit like the question of “Life, the Universe, and Everything.” in the book, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Since the question …

What is NOM?

Nantucket Owner’s Manual — A guide to leaving the island better than you found it, is an idea that came out of a particularly contentious town meeting. A community that should have been able to come together to protect itself was divided by misinformation and bias. And, as a result, very little got done. This …