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DESIGN ASSOCIATES
Nashua Downtown Master Plan
The proposed buildings would have Hilustrative Plan ofa 58
retail businesses at street level with redeveloped Efollis and
offices above. The offices could be used Main Street
by the hospital, or physicians offices, or ntersection
other businesses seeking office space in
the heart of Downtown.
At the easternmost part of the block,
a parking garage is proposed to accom-
modate current parking needs for
SENHMC as well as addressing parking
requirements of other uses on the block.
And most importantly, Constitution
Plaza will be surrounded by public uses
te provide a more defined, Proper eavie Analysis and public testimony sup-
ronment for community gathering. .
port the fact that there is not a shortage
Parking Strategy of parking, but rather that the existing
Easy access to parking was identified by parking supply is not well-managed,
many as a problem in Downtown coordinated or visible. Therefore, simply
Nashua. Currently, there are approxi- providing more parking would not only
mately 3,500 parking spaces and 850,000 _ fail to solve the parking problem, but it
square feet of retail/office/commercial would conceivably create additional
space in Downtown. This is over 4 spaces problems in Downtown.
per 1000 square feet - a more than ade- Parking issues should be addressed
quate supply for an downtown that on two fronts. First, the current parking
aspires to be pedestrian friendly, mixed resources should be better organized and
use, dense and urban so supply is not the managed. Second, new parking should be
problem. carefully and selectively added to proper
Existing conditions at c I) Proposed redevelopment
Hollis Street and Main of Hbllis Street and
Street Main Street
