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From: Gloria Henry'
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2021 2:49 PM
To: Wilshire, Lori; Board of Aldermen; Graham, Donna; Cleaver, Skip; Kelly, Shoshanna;
thibeaultfornashua@gmail.com; Laws, Brandon
Subject: Seasonal Road Closures and Elimination of On Street Parking for Outdoor Dining
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To the Nashua Board of Alderman:
My name is Gloria Henry and my husband James and | own Glorious Possibilities at 100 Main
Street. We are a home decor and gift shop. We relocated to this location in November 2020. Prior
to that we were located in the Chandler Library house for over eight years. We relocated to reduced
our overhead and survive during the peak of COVID19. During the last 17 months of COVID19, we
have been working nonstop to keep our business thriving. The second year of barriers has been an
impediment to our business. We do not support continuing the Jersey barriers for another three
years. Therefore we want the ordinance overruled.
As a 39 year resident of Nashua, | have never seen such chaos on Main Street. The barriers are a
logistical quagmire to the ebb and flow of commerce in my store. Customers constantly complained
about the lack of parking, traffic congestion and the unattractiveness of the barriers. We see
hundreds of customers each week and not one customer has ever supported having the barriers the
second year.
We believe that the Main Street restaurants, retailers, professionals and service based businesses
should all be allowed to thrive and not disproportionately given special benefits. The barriers have
definitely favored the restaurants and that was justified when COVID19 was at its peak. There is no
longer a need for such inequality.
All restaurants can still have outdoor seating utilizing their sidewalk blueprints prior to
COVID19. Restaurants can also make reasonable outdoor seating arrangements with nearby
retailers. We are not against restaurants, we order lots of food from local restaurants. Almost weekly
we send customers to the restaurants who are not familiar with the downtown area.
Since COVID19, customers want to shop downtown and support local and small businesses. The
city should not do anything to impede that desire. Therefore, we believe it is imperative that the
barriers should not be put back up and the ordinance be rescinded.
