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UR EAN DESIGN assocrates Nashua Downtown Master Plan

1v Implementation

The Master Plan will be implemented over ten years. Upon
completion, approximately 500 new residential units, and
500,000 square feet of new square feet of commercial space
will be added to Downtown Nashua. In addition, with con-
struction of a new Performing Arts Center, The Center for
Nashua Heritage and Future Technology, riverfront parks, and
trail connections, the downtown will be strengthened as the
region's center for cultural and entertainment, and recreational
networks.

Completion of this Master Plan will create two legacies.
The first will be a revitalized downtown with a diversified
economy that benefits all residents of Nashua. Downtown
Nashua will become the soul of the region, and a critical com-
ponent to the region's superior quality of life.

Second and equally important will be the legacy of part-
nerships and civic cooperation that are critical to realize the
visions of this Master Plan. The Master Plan should not be
thought of as a way to spend scarce public dollars - rather it
should be thought of as a way to form partnerships, raise capi-
tal, and leverage resources.

The ideas set forth in this plan come from the vested inter-
ests of the City’s diverse body of residents and investors. They
rely on a coordinated, cooperative and active public sector
working in tandem with an entrepreneurial private sector. The
results of this private-public partnership will benefit current

and future generations of Nashuans.

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UR EAN DESIGN assocrates Nashua Downtown Master Plan

Phasing of Priority Projects Phasing Diagram gt

The priority projects within the first Design, Engineering,

phase of implementation will include Feasibility and
* Main Street South (Design and Fundraising for
primary projects

Engineerin;
Bs! 2) described in the Master

* Bronstein Homes (Design and Hope Plan are shown in blue

VI Application) Primary construction
projects are shown in
red: Phase One : (years

1-3) (top)

* Broad Street Parkway (Design and
Engineering)

+ One Way Street Conversion Study

+ Center for Nashua Heritage and

Future Technology (fundraising)

=! Phase Two: (years 3-6)
(middle)

The priority projects within the second

phase of implementation (years 3-6) will

include:

* Main Street South (begin construc- Phase Three: (years 7-

tion) 10} (bottom)

* Broad Street Parkway (begin con-
struction)

* Bronstein Homes (begin construc-
tion)

* Riverfront Parks (design and engi-
neering)

* Performing Arts Center (feasibility
study)

+ Center for Nashua Heritage and
Future Technology (design)

The priority projects within the final

phase of the implementation will

include:

* Riverfront Parks and related develop-
ment projects (construction)

+ Center for Nashua Heritage and
Future Technology

(construction)

* Performing Arts Center

(construction)

UR EAN DESIGN assocrates Nashua Downtown Master Plan

Bronstein Homes

(top)
Oumership

(bottom)
Tlustrative Plan

Acquisition and Strategy most cases much of the required property 92
Many of the Master Plan initiatives, par- is either owned by a single private entity

ticularilly those listed in the previous sec- or by a public body.

tion as priority projects will be relatively

simple to implement because of the lack

of complicated property acquisition. In

Private Ownership
Public Ownership

Institutional Ownership

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Riverfront West
Park

(top)
Ownership

(bottom)
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associates Nashua Downtown Master Plan

Private Ownership
Public Ownership
Institutional Ownership

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Riverfront East
Park and
Performing Arts
Center

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Oumership

(bottom)
Tlustrative Plan

O O Private Ownership
Public Ownership
Oo Institutional Ownership

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Broad Street Park-
way

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Oumership

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Tlustrative Plan

Nashua Center For
Heritage and
Future Technology

(left)
Oumership

(right)
Mlustrative Plan

ASSOCIATES

Nashua Downtown Master Plan

Key
Private Ownership
Public Ownership

Institutional Ownership

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DESIGN ASSOCIATES

Nashua Downtown Master Plan

Key

C1 New Streets

[Bi Improved Streets
1 Parks and Trails
1 Parking Structures

Public Infrastruc- 96
ture

The Master Plan

recommends public

action be taken to crate
infrastructure that will
leverage substantial

private investment.

Infrastructure
Quantities

The table below is to be
used to generate
preliminary estimates of
costs, Locally
appropriate per unit
costs can be applied to
the values in the table.

Riverfront Riverfront Railroad Main Street Main Street Total
West East Square North South
New Streets 10,650 If 3,150 If 0 6501 250 If 14,700 If
Improved Streets 6,350 If 0 700 If 2,200 If 4700 If 13,950 If
Parks 8.2 acres 7.5 actes 0 .7 acres 6.4 acres 22.8 acres
Parking Structures 520 spaces 0 0 640 spaces 300 spaces 1,460 spaces
Trails outside 9,600 If 250 If 0 3,300 If 0 13,1501

Parks

Appendix C

2015 Downtown Circulation Study

Final Report

Downtown Circulation Study

Nashua, New Hampshire

Prepared for City of Nashua, New Hampshire

Prepared by VHB/ Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Bedford, New Hampshire

January, 2015

@ Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

Downtown Circulation Study

Nashua, New Hampshire

Prepared for

The City of Nashua, NH

Prepared by

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

Bedford, New Hampshire

January, 2015

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