Nantucket Land Bank Approves Cisco Beach Ice Cream Van and Golf Fundraiser

NANTUCKET — April 28, 2026 — Nantucket Land Bank approves ice cream van at Cisco Beach and awards $105,185 invasive species contract. At its April 28 regular meeting, the Commission voted unanimously to allow Ellie Olson, owner of Ellie O's ice cream sandwiches, to station a battery-powered Japanese minivan at Cisco Beach daily from late June through Labor Day, operating 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — expanding a diminishing roster of on-beach vendors under Board of Health pre-packaged-food rules. The board also unanimously awarded a three-year invasive species management contract to Wilkinson Ecological Design for $105,185 targeting Japanese knotweed and out-of-barrier bamboo on Land Bank properties. Golf operations manager Matt Galvin won approval for Nourish Nantucket to hold a fundraiser at the Miacomet Golf Club on July 19, 3 to 5 p.m., with full clubhouse and bar access — a move commissioners acknowledged sets a precedent for the facility. The board tabled a proposal to add parking at the Severance property pending a broader Mill Hill master plan, and deferred signing a memorandum of understanding with the Sconset Sunset Trust until the no-parking clause is revised to permit one ADA-accessible space on Land Bank property.