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Where do Nashua Residents Work? Where do Nashua Workers Live?

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These maps, generated from the Census Bureau’s Longitudinal Employer-Household
Dynamics dataset and generated from unemployment insurance records, show the
patterns of where residents of Nashua work and where workers in Nashua live. That the
two maps look so different clarifies Nashua’s regional role. Workers in Nashua tend to live
in or around the city, though the fact that some hail from well into metropolitan Boston is
a sign of Nashua’s regional importance. Residents’ workplaces are more distributed, with
a strong reliance on the highway network for regional employment.

Source: Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination

Data Block-Level Analysis, US Census Bureau, 2017.

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Nashua

Implementation Report Card
Baseline —> 2030 Target

Economic opportunity — jobs
per worker
1.13 —>1.0

Households with broadband
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89% —>100%

Number of Advanced
Placement (AP) and Career
and Technical Education (CTE)
Courses offered in public HS
42 —>48

Economic Development

The goals and actions in this
section seek to improve and
enhance Nashua’s commercial
corridors and districts while
keeping them competitive,
integrate land use policy with
economic development and
infrastructure investment,
support local business

growth and advance career
development, training and
education, and foster a vibrant
environment for creative
industries and innovation.

Top Goal:

Economic Mobility
and Access to
Opportunity

Ensure Nashua workers have
access to opportunities in the
city and regionally through
workforce training, career
development, and quality
education.

Action: Support future
development in priority
development areas
identified in the Master
Plan Process by ensuring
reliability and capacity
in key physical/social
infrastructure such

as workforce training,
water, sewer, electrical,
and broadband.

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Mid-term

Explore development incentives
and invest in infrastructure

along commercial corridors

such as Amherst and Daniel
Webster Highway to position
limited key land areas for future
office/mixed-use commercial
development including research
and development and appropriate
life science opportunities.

https://imagine.nashuanh.gov

Action: Revise zoning

to allow by-right
development typologies
that contain a mix of
retail and commercial
uses on upper floors and
the ability to create high-
bay and flexible spaces
that are well-suited to
new industrial needs.

Timeframe: Near-term

Action: Ensure that

there is appropriate

land available with
adequate footprints to
meet the needs of rapidly
growing research and
development businesses.

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Mid-term

- Preserve the few large lot
commercially zoned areas:
Northeastern Blvd, Simon/
Whipple Street as future job
areas

Imagine Nashua encourages the adoption of programs, plans, and
policies that advance the City’s long-term economic interests and
promotes equitable outcomes and economic resiliency for its people.

Action: Encourage and
facilitate partnership
with local and regional
institutions, non-profits
and employers, to foster
innovation industry
development, anda
workforce pipeline
accessible to all Nashua
residents.

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing

Encourage and facilitate the
assessment of training needs of
local workforce especially low
and moderate income residents
to access jobs in emerging
target industries, and use needs
assessment to inform creation
of new and specialized training
programs.

Recommendation 2

Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing

Encourage and facilitate

training for STEAM (Science,

Tech, Engineering, Arts and
Mathematics) skill development
through a combination of models
mixing formal educational options
with skill development camps and
programs.

Recommendation 3

Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing

Encourage and facilitate youth
line of sight into job options
through information campaigns,
exposure events, and internship
opportunities when appropriate.

Action: Expand the

tax base to ensurea
diversified revenue
stream over time, and
promote the creation

of a range of jobs in the
City’s core and emerging
sectors.

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Ongoing

Continue to support expansion
and retention of employers

in emerging 21st century
industries including research and
development-based employers,
life sciences, advanced
manufacturing, and other similar
technology sectors.

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potential locations for these
emerging industries, and
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The largest occupational
category for Nashua residents
is office and administrative
support functions representing

14% of the total. Despite
Nashua’s high level of
manufacturing jobs only
6.6% of the residents are in
production occupations.
There are more residents
who work in computer and
mathematical occupations
than in production.

Although the city is also a
center for healthcare and
social services less than 8% of
the resident population works
in related occupations.

Preliminary Design Phase

Consultant shall:

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

2.10

Design Plans and Documents — Addressing Engineering Study comments, preparing Preliminary
Design plans, and preparing design calculations will be performed by the City. Hoyle Tanner to
provide QA/QC of preliminary plans and design calculations (16 hours assumed).

Road Diet Study Revisions — Hoyle Tanner will update the study incorporating the City’s review
comments.

Permitting/Environmental/Historical — Preparation of the Environmental Documentation,
permits, and coordination will be performed by the City. Hoyle Tanner to provide QA/QC of
environmental documents (10 hours assumed).

ADA Compliance Coordination — ADA compliance will be performed by the City. Hoyle, Tanner
will provide QA/QC for this effort (3 hours assumed).

Utility Coordination — Performed by City. Hoyle Tanner does not have any effort associated with
this task.

Traffic Analysis — Hoyle Tanner will review applicability of proposed crosswalk enhancements in
relation to existing adjacent traffic control measures. Traffic capacity analysis is not anticipated.

Preliminary ROW Activities - Performed by City. Hoyle Tanner does not have any effort associated
with this task.

Preliminary Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Cost — Hoyle Tanner will provide QA review of project
quantities, prepared by the City, and prepare a cost estimate for the preferred alternative at each
location combined into one estimate. Cost estimate will be fully itemized utilizing NHDOT
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction.

Submission of Preliminary Plans — Performed by City. Hoyle Tanner does not have any effort
associated with this task.

Project Management — General oversight and management of the preliminary plans and
coordination with NHDOT will be performed by the City. Hoyle Tanner will be responsible for
coordination, scheduling, and monthly tracking of internal team members to meet task, project
milestones and financial requirements of the project, as practicable. This includes monthly
progress reports and invoices submitted electronically to the City.

Final Design and Bidding Phase

Consultant shall:

3.1

3.2

Final Design Plans and Documents — Performed by City. Hoyle Tanner does not have any effort
associated with this task.

Final ROW Activities - Performed by City. Hoyle Tanner does not have any effort associated with

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Nashua

Implementation Report Card
Baseline —> 2030 Target

Annual total building permits
4007 —>4848

Number of Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE)
businesses

9—>20

Growth in number of
businesses
4101 —>4183

Top Goal:

Local Businesses

Promote and support local
businesses that reflect the
unique character of Nashua,
and foster opportunities for
cultural tourism in the city by
encouraging the creation of
new small businesses in areas
with improved walkability
and sufficient customer base
density.

Action: Encourage co-
working spaces and
mixed tenant models

in Downtown and other
mixed-use development
areas in the city to
support and promote
smaller businesses and
creative enterprises

Timeframe: Ongoing/Mid-term

https://imagine.nashuanh.gov

Action: Promote and
encourage small business
growth in the city witha
focus on maker spaces,
incubators, small scale
fabricators, and design
related enterprises to
foster opportunities for
cultural tourism

Timeframe: Ongoing/Long-term

Action: Encourage and
facilitate partnerships
with public and private
sector to provide
mentorship to upcoming
and underrepresented
entrepreneurs in the
city and help them with
access to city resources

Timeframe: Mid-term

A focus on commercial districts, the downtown, and storefront
improvement programs all point toward a sense of place to encourage
the vitality and vibrancy of small businesses across the city.

Action: Support public
realm improvements and
placemaking in Nashua’s
commercial districts and
corridors with specific
focus on improving the
overall experience of
these districts.

Action: Review signage
ordinance/guidelines
to ensure high quality
and attractive signage
while being sensitive to
the needs and financial
capacity of small
businesses.

Timeframe: Ongoing

Action: Develop storefront
improvement program

to help small businesses
to renovate and restore
commercial and retail
facades

Recommendation 1

Timeframe: Mid-term

Align efforts with citywide
commercial/retail facade and
signage guidelines to ensure
general consistency and
coherency in formal language with
opportunities for unique design
attributes reflecting individual
businesses

Timeframe: Near-term/Ongoing

New outdoor seating on Main St accommodated during COVID

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Open Space and the

Environment

Top Goal: Parks and Natural Areas
Top Goal: Mitigation of Climate Change Impacts

Nashua’s open space and natural resources are
key features that attract visitors, new residents,
and keep current residents appreciating their

City. Improving connections between and access
to Nashua’s open spaces will not only improve
recreational experience for the community but also
serve as a mitigation feature for climate resilience
and sustainable development.

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Nashua Today:
Open Space and
Environment

The Imagine Nashua plan seeks
to advance the great work the
City is already doing - identifying
and continuing to protect critical
natural areas and preserve and
expand access to open space and
recreation resources, to ensure
healthy, resilient and sustainable
environments for all Nashua
residents.

Mine Falls Park

Since the last Master Plan
initiative, the city has put
noticeable resources into planning
the city’s open space and Nashua
is now home to over 50 public
parks and over 48 miles of trails

in both urban and forested
landscapes. Residents and visitors
can also enjoy 1292 acres of
conservation land. Nashua’s Parks
Department and Conservation
Commission has done an
impressive job establishing,
maintaining and prioritizing the
city’s natural resources.

Comprehensive Master Plan

Open Space and Environment

Surveys completed throughout
Imagine Nashua showcased
how residents feel about open
space, one resident said, “The
current pandemic shows us
that we should be thinking of
open space and recreation
less as a nice amenity but
more as a fundamental part

of balanced city life.” Another
resident stressed the myriad
of benefits open space has on
our health, “city trees provide
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Imagine Nashua’s top goals for
open space and environment
focus on improving
connectivity and accessibility
to wide network of open
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towards mitigation of climate
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Natural Resource Inventory
The last inventory in 2006,
ranked in order of importance
for conservation management,
natural features that had
substantial contiguous
acreage. The natural features
included: 1) The Northwest
Conservation Area; 2) The
Southwest Quadrant; 3)
Nashua River Corridor
{including Mine Falls Park; 4)
Cold Brook and Salmon Brook
Corridors; 5) Pennichuck Brook
Corridor; and 6) Merrimack
River Corridor. Nashua

needs to revisit this list and
reprioritize conservation areas.

https://imagine.nashuanh.gov

Improving connections between Nashua’s green spaces will not only
improve the recreational experience for all visitors but also serve as
a mitigation feature for climate resilience and improve animal habitat

and migration.

Open Space and
Recreation

Residents and visitors of Nashua
have a robust open space network
to enjoy. Parks throughout Nashua
are very diverse and range from
small neighborhood pocket parkets
to trail networks throughout Mine
Falls Park along the Nashua River
to Victory Garden Plots at Greeley
Park. Nashua’s park facilities
provide visitors a recreational
opportunity to enjoy swimming
pools, sports fields and live music
at the bandshell as well as more
passive, relaxing trails and natural
areas.

Natural Resource
Preservation

The Nashua Conservation
Commission is responsible for
establishing, maintaining and
prioritizing natural resources
throughout the city. Nashua is
home to a diverse array of natural
resources from its waterways,
greenways, and expansive parks
and the City should consider how
to further promote biodiversity and
proper maintenance and enhance
linkages between natural spaces.
Improving connections between
Nashua’s green spaces will not
only improve the recreational
experience for all visitors but also
serve as a mitigation feature for
climate resilience and improve
animal habitat and migration. As
linkages between green spaces
are made there will be a need for
clear signage and wayfinding for
residents and visitors whether on
foot, bike, or car. The City should
ensure these linkages are equally
distributed across the City and
accessible regardless of ability, age
or income.

Comprehensive Master Plan

Open Space and Environment

The Nashua River

Nashua is one of several New
England cities whose history is
linked with its riverfront location.
The Downtown Waterfront
Development Plan aided the City es
in continuing to prioritize the

river and construction for trail
improvements are underway.
There are however opportunities
to expand the pedestrian walkway
upstream along the south side

of the Nashua River to join up

with the existing Mine Falls Park
walkways. There are also many
opportunities along the Merrimack
River Corridor to connect Nashua
to the surrounding region. With
help from regional partners,
Nashua will need to examine
riverine erosion and make sure
the community is safe from

future flooding from increased Nashua River
precipitation and river flow.

“There is a need to link open
Spaces and natural resources
to pedestrian connections
throughout the City.”

- Public Meeting

Mines Falls Dam

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