Nashua Downtown Master Plan
to two-way streets
* establish an alternative for the Broad
Street Parkway that provides access
to development parcels, connects the
trail system, and improves congestion
at Railroad Square
* create guidelines for architectural
character consistent with the tradi-
tion of the City and the objectives of
the Plan.
The Plan will be implemented over 10
years. Upon completion, approximately
500 new residential units, and 500,000
new square feet of
commercial/retail/office and institutional
space will be added to Downtown
Nashua. In addition, with construction of
new riverfront parks, Performing Arts
Center, Center for Nashua Heritage and
Future Technology, regional and local
trail connections, the Downtown will
become the region's center for cultural,
entertainment and recreational networks.
The primary projects to be com-
pleted within three years of adoption of
this Plan will include
- Main Street South Streetscape
(Design and Engineering)
- Bronstein Homes (Design and Hope
VI Application)
- Broad Street Parkway (Design and
Engineering)
- One Way Street Conversion Study
- Center for Nashua Heritage and
Future Technology (fundraising)
Implementation of the Master Plan
will create two legacies. The first legacy
will be a completely revitalized Down-
town with a diversified economy that
benefits all residents of Nashua. Down-
town Nashua will solidify itself as soul of
the region,; it will become an indispensa-
ble component to the region’s superior
quality of life.
Equally important to the historic
legacy described above, will be the legacy
of new partnerships and civic coopera-
tion that are essential to and will result
from implementation of this Plan. The
Plan should not be thought of as simply
a way to spend public resources - rather
it should be thought of as a way to form
partnerships, increase investor confi-
dence, raise capital, with the purpose of
leveraging public investments.
The ideas set forth in this Plan come
from the vested interests of the City's
diverse body of residents and investors.
The realization of these ideas rely on a
coordinated, cooperative and active pub-
lic sector working in tandem with a
entrepreneurial private sector. The results
of this private-public partnership will be
a lively and vibrant Downtown for all
Nashuans; a place which embodies both
its history as well as the future aspira-
tions of the region.
