Downtown Employee Survey

During the summer of 2009, ReMain Nantucket conducted an informal survey of businesses and organizations to determine how many people work in the central downtown area, taking seasonal variability into account.  While the primary purpose of the study was to understand the number of employees working in the downtown, some of the businesses surveyed were willing to supply additional information which may be helpful in discussions regarding downtown parking issues.

ReMain Nantucket also commissioned a formal study by University of Connecticut's Center for Transportation and Urban Planning to better understand attitudes about the use of public transportation during the summer season, to identify and quantify the barriers that exist, and to develop a set of recommended strategies for increasing the use of public transit. At the same time, the Town of Nantucket conducted an evaluation of parking utilization in the downtown area.

The Downtown Employee Survey fills in a gap that was not covered in the scope of either the UConn study or the Town's parking study, and just focused on finding the number of employees who work in the downtown district.   

Study Area

We surveyed those streets in the downtown which have most of the shops and restaurants: Broad; Cambridge; Centre to Broad; Chestnut; Easy; Federal; India to Black-Eyed Susan's; Main to Centre; Oak; S Water; Straight Wharf; Salem; Union to Force 5 Sports; Washington to Greenhound.