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Land use policy is one of the most important tools
and mechanisms Nashua can use to advance
and shape equitable and sustainable growth and
redevelopment in the city. Strategic decision-making
around land use outcomes can have transformative
impacts on housing availability and choice, access
to jobs and opportunities, efficient and well-
connected transportation networks, critical resource
protection, and climate impact mitigation.
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Top Goal 1:
Redevelopment
Opportunity
Promote redevelopment that
is mixed-use, multimodal, and
sustainable in targeted areas with
access to transit, infrastructure
and amenities.
Action: Retrofitting Major
Corridors
Make commercial corridors more
viable by encouraging a wider
range of commercial uses, mixed-
use development, and active
ground floor uses; improving
multimodal infrastructure;
incorporating landscaping and
green infrastructure; enhancing
public realm through on the
sidewalk; and developing a form-
based code and facade and
signage regulations.
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Amherst Street Corridor
In collaboration with the City and
stakeholders, the Master Plan team
has identified the Amherst Street
corridor as the most important
large-scale site for long-term
planning for Nashua. Many issues
come into play here—the effects
of regional and macroeconomic
shifts in employment as we enter
deeper into the 21st century,
the challenges associated with
shifting transport and mobility
away from being dominated solely
by combustion-engine single
passenger vehicles, balancing the
opportunities of denser and more
walkable development with the
necessary infrastructural and land
use changes — and we believe that
pushing forward a progressive and
transformative reenvisioning of
this corridor will serve the entire
city well as it grapples with how
to address these issues in other
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Jashua Today:
*Land Use and
=Development
“imagine Nashua seeks to develop
Predictable, transparent, and
adaptable land use policies that
athe city can use for many years to
come. Directing targeted and well-
_fegulated redevelopment in prime
alocations in Nashua will allow for a
more streamlined planning process
focused on advancing economic
growth and generating community
benefits, while protecting and
iaPreserving the city’s established
neighborhoods.
The actions and recommendations
generated from this master plan
will be used to inform land-use
code updates - regulations that
determine what, where, and how
redevelopment or development
can take place in the city. While
land use policy is an important
™ tool for comprehensive planning,
“it must be coordinated well with
other citywide initiatives, policies
and capital investments, and
™ also be adaptable to change. The
™COVID-19 pandemic has already
™ shown to be an unexpected long-
™ term crisis, which prompted
“=the city to adapt to and rethink
™ planning elements related to
™ public spaces and work spaces.
™ Nashua must be resilient, and
™ continue to plan ahead and think
™Oon its feet, and advance its land-
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use rules and regulations to allow
the city’s urban form to evolve and
respond to important changes as
they come - including how and
where people choose to live and
work, shifting demographics and
living needs, changing mobility
needs, and so on.
In addition to planning for where
and what type of development we
want to see in the city, Imagine
Nashua places thoughtful planning
into the urban form and design
of areas -shaping how buildings,
streets, parks, and infrastructure
landscapes come together to
sustain future living and foster a
sense of place.
The following pages givea
snapshot of existing conditions,
issues, and opportunities related
to land use and development in
Nashua today:
In collaboration with the City and stakeholders, the Master Plan team
has identified the Amherst Street corridor as the most important large-
scale site for long-term planning for Nashua.
Recommendation 1
Timeframe: Near-term
Partners: Planning and Economic
Development Committee (PEDC)
and PB (Planning Board)
Allow increased height/greater
density to encourage land values
that will justify redevelopment of
existing income-generating uses.
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