The Island Plan, the Martha's Vineyard Commission's 50-year plan to steer the Island, remains valid but several people involved in the process said implementation has been spotty.

The greatest thing about the Vineyard for the Rev. Alden Besse is
not the natural beauty - as much as he appreciates it - but
the intimacy of the Island community.

As a longtime minister at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven,
and someone who is involved in numerous nonprofit organizations, he
believes that people on the Vineyard have always taken care of one
another.