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DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN
Envisioned opportunities for
redevelopment in Nashua’s
downtown area, connecting
complementary Downtown
businesses and destinations.
The initiatives consisted of:
Riverfront West, Riverfront East,
Railroad Square, Main Street
North and Main Street South. To
Support these initiatives, it
recommended frameworks
including: enhancing pedestrian
experience, supporting bikeways
and trails, incrementally
converting one-way streets to
two-way to better accommodate
multimodality, among others.
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NASHUA MASTER PLAN EAST HOLLIS ST AREA PLAN NASHUA TREE STREETS
NEIGHBORHOODS
Previous City Mater Plan which The Area plan addressed
outlined several goals and multiple goals and policies The study analyzed physical
objectives cutting across nine outlined in the 2000 Nashua attributes and deficiencies of
main plan elements: Master Plan, including the need the neighborhood such as traffic
Conservation and Preservation, for a district plan for the area circulation, open space and land
Construction Materials, itself. The East Hollis street area use. That analysis is shaped
Community Facilities Element, has long been considered a around what makes a great
Utilities and Public Services, significant east-west arterial and neighborhood as defined by J.
Economic Development, regional gateway into Nashua, Jacobs: mixed use, mobility,
Industrial, Transportation, and sitting at the confluence of unique character, social
Housing and Land Use. the Nashua and Merrimack community and safety. The
rivers, also Serves as an analysis showed that general
important open space resource. physical characteristics of the
The 2004 area plan was neighborhood are sound,
composed in three parts: Vision however, other qualities of the
for Today, Streetscape and Open neighborhood, particularly social
Space Standards, and Visions for community and safety, need
Tomorrow. significant assistance.
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