FACTORY STREET ASSOCIATES, LLC
47 FACTORY STREET
NASHUA, NH 03060
February 10, 2022
VIA EMAIL ONLY
BOA@NashuaNH.gov
Board of Alderman
City of Nashua
RE: Main Street Jersey Barriers
Dear Members of the Board of Alderman:
My name is Robert M. Shepard and ] am the Manager of Factory Street Associates, LLC,
which owns the office building at 47 Factory Street in Nashua. This office building houses our
law firm, Smith-Weiss Shepard Kanakis & Spony, P.C. This letter is to express my personal
opinion pertaining to the removal of the jersey barriers on our downtown streets. In my opinion,
I believe that downtown Nashua would benefit from the permanent removal of the jersey barriers
on Main Street and adjoining streets. I believe installing the jersey barriers served a purpose for
a limited period of time and this purposes no longer exists. The problem that we experienced in
our office with the jersey barriers was the difficulty that our clients had in arriving at our office
and the difficulty that we had in attempting to navigate Main Street. The jersey barriers created a
complete bottleneck in traffic on Main Street and what would normally be a five (5) minute trip
tured into a fifteen (15) or twenty (20) minute negative experience. I am also concerned about
the impact of the jersey barriers on businesses located on Main Street that are not restaurant
businesses. I have been at my present location since 1983 and J have seen many businesses
come and go on Main Street. I think we need to make an effort to encourage businesses to stay
on Main Street and to make it easy for customers to patronize the various Main Street businesses.
Very truly yours, a pee
Robert M. es.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
RMS:jrw
ce: GrahamD@NashuaNH. vov
CummingsT@NashuaNH, gov
