Graham, Donna
From: Beth Scaer aren recceeacel
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:31 PM
To: Board of Aldermen
Subject: Feedback on downtown barriers
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Dear Aldermen,
In the Nashua Library's recently-published strategic plan, available at https://www.nashualibrary.org/wp-
content/uploads/2022/02/Strategic-plan-2022-2024-.pdf, they published a survey of community members, One
of the questions was "What are the difficulties and the challenges of living in Nashua?" Here are the responses:
What are the difficulties and the challenges of living in Nashua?
@ Not living very close to the beach
* Traffic on Main Street
e Climate change
Here are the details on how the survey was administered:
In order to create a cohesive, actionable plan, the Board and staff reviewed a wide variety of existing data,
conducted a Community Survey and a Teen Survey, and gathered input from staff/Board through surveys and
an environmental scan and SOAR analysis. A series of virtual and in-person community focus groups were
held with 35 community members attending, and 6 community members also participated in interviews. The
Community Survey was completed by 428 community members, and the Teen Survey was completed by 10
teens; both surveys were key for understanding current NPL strengths, services valued by the community, and
areas of focus for future growth.
Please take into consideration this complaint that traffic on Main Street is one of the biggest challenges of living
in Nashua when making your decision on extending the use of barriers downtown, which have a huge impact on
Main Street traffic.
Beth Scaer
111 E Hobart St, Nashua
