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Enhance
Economic Impact

Action 2:

Maintain
affordable space
for Nashua’s
artists and arts
organizations

Continued

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Mid-term

Make necessary improvements to Greeley Park
Bandshell such as upgrading sound system, using
local artists to beautify existing structure

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Long-term

Complete repairs and renovations of 14 Court
Street

Recommendation C
Timeframe: Long-term

Preserve the Keefe Center for the Arts for
continued access and use by Nashua’s nonprofit
arts organizations and as a venue for fundraising

Enhance
Economic Impact

Continued
. Recommendation A
Action 3: Timeframe: Near-term
Capitalize on Support successful completion and operation of
new and existing the Nashua Center for the Arts and integration
resources that into the community.
facilitate

Recommendation B

audience
Timeframe: Near-term

development
Continue support of measurable audience

development of the arts organizations through
the Commission's grant program.

Recommendation C Recommendation D
Timeframe: Mid-term Timeframe: Mid-term

Add listings of artists by category that Expand available funding for arts

sell their work or provide private projects and programs by increasing
performances to City’s arts grants, publishing a list of arts
ExperienceNashuaArts.org. funding opportunities, and sharing any

funding opportunities on the Art's
Commission's Facebook page.

Recommendation E
Timeframe: Long-term

Investigate using Spectacle Live to book performances at Keefe and Holman
Stadium to share profits to fund the arts.

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Cultivate _
Collaboration

Foster collaboration between arts organizations, the public sector, local
businesses, and civic organizations to work together, share resources
and leverage opportunities to enhance Nashua’s arts community.

Action 4:

Track information on
projects, goals and
missions of Nashua
arts organizations
and establish a
method of pooling
resources.

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Near-term

Continue annual Collaborate Arts meeting with

both nonprofit and for-profit arts organizations
and individuals to produce annual arts calendar
and discuss missions and goals.

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Near-term

Provide a city intern or AmeriCorp member to
facilitate this initiative.

Recommendation C
Timeframe: Mid-term

Create an accessible public or on-demand listing
of resources that organizations are willing to
share including practice spaces and arts job
openings.

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Cultivate _
Collaboration

. . . Continued
Action 5: Recommendation A

collaborative work Create a “Nashua Arts Commission” membership

between arts program with benefits for participating organizations.

organizations and .

supporting Recommendation B

businesses. Timeframe: Mid-term
Recognize collaborative arts organizations and
supportive businesses via social media, external
signage, and other channels
Recommendation C
Timeframe: Long-term
Inspire arts groups to create large scale events by
combining resources

Action 6: Recommendation A

Timeframe: Near-term
Create multiple

. Increase communication and involvement in the
strong points of arts

arts with the Greater Nashua Chamber of
advocacy Commerce and other civic organizations

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Mid-term

Provide representation to the New Hampshire
Creative Communities Network and join Arts4NH;
cooperatively support their missions of arts
advocacy.

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support Arts
Education

Cultivate artistic endeavors through the development of arts
enrichment programs that foster arts education for all ages.

Action 7:

Explore the
process and
funding measures
used to establish
arts-related
programs for
individuals and
organizations

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Near-term

Support arts festivals already in place by
expanding their range, reach, and educational
components

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Long-term

Encourage accessible low-cost classes,
mentorships, internships, and artists in resident
programs

Action 8:

Collaborate with
local arts
organizations,
schools, and
colleges to identify
opportunities for
artistic growth

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Mid-term

List and maintain all local and area arts
classes and arts summer camps on
ExperienceNashuaArts.org

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Long-term

Encourage opportunities for adult
education through traditional and
nontraditional art forms

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Increase
Awareness

Expand the number of residents and potential visitors who know about,
appreciate, and participate in Nashua’s lively art scene.

Action 9:

Communicate the
availability and
value of local arts
programs and
projects

Action 10:

Public recognition
of artistic
excellence and
support

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Near-term

Fund and staff further development and
maintenance of ExperienceNashuaArts.org as a
stand-alone website with clear identity.
programs

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Mid-term

Form public/private sector Steering Committee
to develop and fund a citywide marketing plan to
promote Nashua as a Destination for the Arts and
Downtown Nashua as an Arts District by utilizing
the resources of the NH Department of Tourism.

Recommendation A
Timeframe: Near-term

Continue to honor and celebrate contribution to
the arts and cultural life of the city at the Meri
Goyette Arts Award Luncheon

Recommendation B
Timeframe: Long-term

Establish a Nashua Poet Laureate and Artist Laureate
program with award and recognition at the annual gala
for the Performing Arts Center.

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The Nashua Arts Commission

The Nashua Arts Commission, formed
by City Ordinance 0-10-36 in
November 2010, is a volunteer
commission of the City of Nashua
appointed by the Mayor. Its mission is
to serve the community as Nashua’s
resource to facilitate, advocate,
coordinate and educate on behalf of
the art and cultural assets of the City
of Nashua.

The Arts Commission is classified as a
local arts agency by the National
Endowment for the Arts and the NH
State Council on the Arts. As is the
nature of local arts agencies in the US,
public support for the arts is more than
the transactional function of grant-
making. Local arts agencies have a
developmental role, providing guidance
and advice, and to serve as guardians of
the public trust to procure and deliver
equity and excellence in managing the
City’s arts and cultural resources. As an
agency of the City government, that
guardianship is charged with balancing
social accountability to demonstrate
civic and economic impact of allocating
tax dollars to fund arts and culture
projects.

What does the Arts
Commission do?

Acts as the key arts advisor
to the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen

Makes recommendations
and proposes policies that
support the development
and preservation of the arts
in Nashua

Leads the creation and
execution of the City's Arts &
Cultural Plan

Facilitates Nashua’'s annual
Arts Project Grant Cycle

Hosts workshops and events
that connect, educate, and
support local arts
organizations

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Acknowledgements

This plan was prepared by the
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RESOLUTION

APPROVING THE COST ITEMS OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE NASHUA BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS AND THE
NASHUA POLICE PATROLMAN’S ASSOCIATION FROM JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2026

CITY OF NASHUA

In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two

RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that the cost items of the
attached collective bargaining agreement between the Nashua Board of Police Commissioners and
the Nashua Police Patrolman’s Association are approved. The collective bargaining agreement
covers the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026.