Nashua
Implementation Report Card
Baseline —> 2030 Target
Economic opportunity — jobs
per worker
1.13 —>1.0
Households with broadband
ITaneedaarodmrskexeratsis
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.
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
