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+ …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Why become a patron and support the Nantucket Owner’s Manual? 1. Your support allows us to do more. As you can imagine, a start-up like this requires a lot of sweat equity. At the beginning of NOM, the work is being done by me — one person with the help of a panel of volunteer …
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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. …
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 …
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