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From: Graham, Donna

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 3:11 PM

Ta: Ben Clemons; Board of Aldermen; Brandon Laws; Caron, June; Dowd, Richard;

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[am writing to express my support for the Performing Arts
Center. Nashua can only benefit from such an exciting
endeavor, enhancing our downtown area and promoting
economic development ultimately attracting more people to our

city.

Thank you for your efforts.
Geoff Norris

Graham, Donna

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From: kimrileymusi¢ <kimrileymusic@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 2:56 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Nashua Performing Arts Center

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Hello,
| am writing today as a resident of Ward 1. | am in full support of making the proposed Performing

Aris Center a reality.

This Center would be such a positive development for the downtown Nashua area.

Our local restaurants as well as retail small businesses would get an incredible boost as it would attract a
number of customers from surrounding towns.

As an artist myself who spends much time entertaining our local Nashua patrons I can say that bringing a
variety of art, music and theater would be met with a very positive reaction and greatly welcomed.

Our Nashua residents love music and the arts, they support our great live music here as well as special events
being performed and held downtown.

As a resident of Nashua | can also say that a Performing Arts Center on Main Street would bring culture to our
growing families and young people, from children to adults. The arts bring joy, Hfe enrichment and education to
all. It would be a wonderful addition to our city.

Thank you for your time,
Kimberly Riley

Ward 1
Kimrileymusic@yahoo.com

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Graham, Donna

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From: Laura Telerski <lauratelerski@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 1:45 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Support for Performing Arts Center

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lam writing to express my family’s full support for the Nashua Performing Arts Center project and the reauthorization
before the Board of Alderman. The establishment of the center will be a wonderful edition to our city and attract visitors
downtown to enjoy a performance, while hopefully eating a meal, stopping for a drink, or exploring our shops. Asa
supporter of the arts in our schools, | am encouraged that our city has determined the arts is a priority for our
community. Nashua has all the potential to become a destination for Southern New Hampshire and, while | know
communicating the intricacies of the plan and fundraising to the general public has been a challenge, | support the next
steps. ,

Thank you for your consideration of my comments.

Laura Telerski

5 Shakespeare Rd.

Nashua, NH

Laura D. Telerski

LauraTelerski@gmail.com

LDT2 @georgetown.edu
(603)320-3957

Graham, Donna

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From: Ruby & The Groove <rubyandthegrcove@gmail.com>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 1:13 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Ce: Ruby & The Groove

Subject: Advocates for the Nashua Performing Arts Center

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Good Afternoon,
To The Board of Aldermen:

My name is Ruby, the lead singer of R&B acoustic trio Ruby and the Groove from Nashua and we are
advocates for the Nashua Performing Arts Center.

My bandmates and I believe that it is vitally important for Nashua and the community to have an establishment
like the Performing Arts Center. Nashua is a city currently embracing a thriving art scene and can make the
transition to a cultural destination! The Performance Arts Center can take Nashua to that next level and
compete with other thriving NH cities like Manchester and Concord. It would be a great compliment to the
night life of downtown, popular restaurants, breweries and boutiques.

The community is ready to support an Art Center and the time is right to develop one. The benefits will be
economically and culturally rewarding for years to come. Please consider removing the mandate and extending
the deadline to allow for the development of the Performance Art Center.

Sincerely,

Ruby Shabazz
Ruby and The Groove
978-905-1823

Graham, Donna

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From: Judy Blachek <blachekS60@yahoo.com>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 12:55 PM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Supporting the Performance Arts Center

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Hello to the BOA,

Iam unable to attend this evening's meeting, so I wanted to write to indicate my
support for the PAC. I think this is a vital resource that our city needs in order to remain
a vibrant, growing community.

While I wish that the original ballot question did not indicate a 2-year limit, I understand
that the $4 million dollars is no longer a requirement. Because of this, I ask that you
support moving the PAC forward. While it did remove a building from the city's tax
revenue, in the long run it will bring in more money to local businesses when people
come to events at the PAC. More businesses will thrive, and that alone will increase our
tax base.

I am a subscription holder at the Merrimack Rep Theater in Lowell and every time I go
with my friends we have a meal out before the show. I have done the same at the
Capital Center for the Arts in Concord. If we do this right, perhaps people from other
communities will come up here to attend events and eat and shop in our city.

I for one would love to have an opportunity to have the arts center just a few miles from
my house. My husband is older and doesn't like to drive at night. Going just a few miles
would give us an opportunity to be more active and participate more in cultural
activities. We could even Uber if we needed to.

Thank you for reading this, and for your service to our great city!
Best regards,

Judy Blachek
560 South Main Street

Graham, Donna

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From: Paul Shea <PaulWShea@downtownnashua.org>

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 11:02 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Re: R-20-001

Attachments: GADLetterhead2020_Feb_Letter[oBOAonPAC. pdf

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Dear Board of Aldermen,

Please see the attached letter, regarding the proposed amendment to the ordinance relative to the bond for
Nashua’s Performing Arts Center. Great American Downtown is proud to continue to support this important
project, as we have throughout the process, and is enthusiastic about the impact it will have on the economic
and cultural vitality of our community.

Sincerely,

Paul Shea

-Paul Shea

Executive Director

Great American Downtown
Office: 603-883-5700
Mobile: 603-508-0687
DowntownNashua.org

Eat. Shop. Live. Local

Great American Downtown is a Nashua based 501c3 Nonprofit Corporation that provides coordination,
collaboration and partnerships that unify the entire Nashua community around a common vision for an
attractive downtown that is vibrant, viable and truly reflects the character of our city. Learn all about our wide
variety of programs at DowntownNashua.org

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6 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03064
603.883.5700
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Board of Directors

Chelsea Dennis, President
Bellavance Beverage Co.

Steve Saxe, Vice President
AlphaGraphics

Dan O'Donnell, 2nd Vice
President
Keller Willams Realty

Ryan Ruggiero, Treasurer
Triangle Credit Union

Debra Rapsis, Secretary
The Paciello Group

Mayor Jim Donchess, Advisory
City of Nashua, Mayor

Tim Cummings
City of Nashua,

Economic Development
Department

Lt. Patrick Hannon
Nashua Police Department

Deputy Chief Glen MacDonald
Nashua Fire Department

Phillip Scontsas
Scontsas Fine Jewelry

Rep. Latha Mangipudi
NH State Representative

Carol Eyman
Nashua Public Library

Nicole Otis
Fratello’s Italian Grille Nashua

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February 5, 2020

Nashua Board of Aldermen
229 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03061

Dear Board of Aldermen,

Today lam writing to you as the Executive Director of Great American
Downtown, and on behalf of our Board of Directors. Our non-profit
organization has a mission centered around economic and cultural vibrancy in
Downtown Nashua.

You are in the process of considering a proposed update to the bond resolution for
Nashua’s future Performing Arts Center at 201 Main Street, which will lift the 2 year
limitation on fundraising efforts for the center, while leaving in place the objective of
raising at least $4million from the private sector to support the project. We are in favor
of this update. The changes will allow for fundraising to continue toward the project,
and advance the project into a shovel ready position as the change relates to financing
and availability of funds, in the interest of incorporation of New Market Tax Credits
into the private side of the project capital io be raised. NMTCs are projected to help the
project team well exceed the initial $4million, to a total projection of $4.5million in
outside revenues.

We recognize that in the second half of 2029 detailed architectural renderings have
heen developed, a non-profit to support the overall organizational structure has been
established, and the project has already garnered a significant amount of financial
support in the short window since those essential components in the fundraising
process have gone into place.

Recommended in the City of Nashua’s 2000 Master Plan, the 2003 Downtown
Master Plan, the 2015 Nashua Arts and Culture Plan, and by the Performing
Arts Center Feasibility Study - the vision for the Performing Arts Center has
been developed and refined over many years with great attention to “getting it
right.” Nashua stands to benefit from that good work, as we approach execution
in the months ahead]

Wecommend the Beard of Aldermen, the Performing Arts Center steering

comunittee, and Nashua Community Arts as they continue to do this in depth work,
which will ensure that both the capital campaign and long term operation of the facility
are successful. It is in your dedicated work and diligence that we will see the
Performing Arts Center thrive, and in doing so, bring more opportunities for enjoyment
and economic growth to our Downtown and to our city as a whole.

Thank you for all that you do to continually improve city life, to bring arts and
culture to all citizens of Nashua and the surrounding area, and thank you for
your continued support for making this community vision a reality.

Sincerely,

Paul Shea, Executive Director
Great American Downtown Inc
Hunt Memcrial Building

6 Main Street

Nashua, NH 03064
603.508.0687 m

603.883.5700 o

Paul W Shea@DowntownNashua.org

Great American Downtown, Inc is a 5OU(c3) Non profit Organization, donations to which are tax deductible to the
fullest extent allowed by law. Our mission is centered around promoting and building upon the economic and cultural
vibrancy of Downtown Nashua through creative marketing and great community events.

Graham, Donna

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From: Graham, Donna

Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 8:42 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: FW: Online Form Submittal: Contact Board of Alderman

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gandinorris@gmail.com

Good Morning,

{am writing to express my support for the Performing Arts
Center. My husband and | often go to Manchester and Concord
for various events and would definitely support this venue. The
PA Center be an economic boost to Nashua by attracting more
businesses and residents to the city as well as creating many
jobs. A win for all! Thanks for your efforts.

Sincerely, Julie Norris

Graham, Donna

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From: Michael Reinke <mbreinke@gmail.com>

Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2020 10:06 AM

To: Board of Aldermen; Shea, Paul

Subject: The Downtown Performing Arts Center

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To all concerned,

My name is Michael Reinke. I live at 35 Lock St. and | am writing in support of the Performing Arts Center and
the bond which will make this project possible.

There is a hymn which begins "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide". This is Nashua's
moment to decide what we want to be.

Over the years, development on Daniel Webster Highway to the south and 101A to the west has encouraged
retail businesses to leave the downtown just as an increasing number of Nashuans (40% at most recent count)
head south of the boarder to go to work. In my time living here, I have met a surprising number of residents
who have lived here for a decade or longer and have never visited our downtown.

Every individual, every organization, every community needs to have a center to which it returns, a center
which holds things together as the winds of time blow. It is hard to imagine a better center to Nashua than our
existing downtown nor any other viable alternative.

Two years ago, when I spoke to the Board of Alderpeople, I referred to a town in Maine which faced a similar
question. The City of Belfast had recently built a brand new bridge crossing the Bay and there were calls to tear
the old bridge down. "Why should we pay for the maintenance of an old bridge that will never again be used for
auto traffic?" was the thought. Those concerned with the short term expense failed to see how this same bridge
could be an anchor to bring people down to the water and revitalize a struggling downtown. 40 years ago,
Waldo County, in which Belfast is located, was not just the poorest county in the State of Maine but among the
poorest in the entire United States. Today, housing prices in the City have more than doubled with companies
like Bank of America choosing to locate a service center within the City limits.

The City of a Nashua has a choice. Do we want to be a bedroom community for Burlington, Manchester, and
Lowell or do we want to be the destination people think of as the best place not just to live but to work and

play.

We have the opportunity to make that choice today. I urge you to shine a bright and joyous light on the future of
our downtown.

Sincerely,
Michael

Michael Reinke
35 Spring St. Nashua, NH 03064

Graham, Donna

From: Jamie Turbyne <jamie.turbyne@ gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2020 8:45 AM

To: Board of Aldermen

Subject: Performing Arts Center

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Hi,

My name is Jamie Turbyne and I live at 35 Chester St, within Ward 3. I have been a supporter of the PAC from
day 1, and I continue to be now. I would like to urge the BoA to continue down the path of realizing the PAC
and making it a reality for our city. The Nashua downtown needs an anchor, it needs a place that will bring a
constant flow of people to see shows, have dinner at our fantastic restaurants and check out all the other shops
and small businesses in the area.

Nashua sits in the heart of a very dynamic region. Nashua, as a city, needs to offer a compelling set of attributes
to attract new residents and businesses, as well as keep the ones it already has. Ultimately, Nashua is in
competition with the cities and towns in the area to represent itself in the best way possible to bring new people
in and expand its tax base. A vibrant downtown, anchored by a Performing Arts Center, would make the city
exciting, it would offer a constant stream of entertainment, engagement and involvement with the citizens of not
just the city, but the entire region.

Extending the deadline to raise the necessary funds for the PAC makes sense. It's a massive project, and
massive projects take time, The ownership of raising those funds is still in the hands of those, such as myself,

that view this project as a future crown jewel of the city. It's a vote for more time, time that is needed to realize
the vision.

I urge you to support this, I urge you to support the vision of a Performing Arts Center at 201 Main St. as a key
driver to keep pushing Nashua forward towards a brighter future.

Thank you,

-Jamie Turbyne.