and more. We will coordinate this project schedule to account for busy periods in City
government and other considerations, in order to set and achieve realistic project
milestones.
Deliverables: Project schedule, including milestone and deliverable dates.
Task 2: Existing Conditions Analysis (Months 1-3)
The consultant team will conduct research into existing conditions and collate the
findings of recent planning efforts, in order to frame the issues and opportunities facing
Nashua in the coming years.
2.1 Recent Plan Analyses
The first step toward establishing a vision for the future is to examine past priorities,
what has been accomplished, and what remains relevant in today’s Nashua. Recent
planning efforts demonstrate the wide variety of planning issues and planning scales that
Nashua will need to address in the future. This ranges from riverfront development,
long-range climate preparedness to a bicycle and pedestrian plan, all of which are
interrelated and interdependent. Nashua’s comprehensive planning process should
consider such a range of issues when engaging residents about the City’s future and
where priorities for planning might lie. Our team will review past planning efforts in
Nashua and regionally and summarize their recommendations and outcomes, We will
then crosscheck them with the initial planning priorities and shared visions that will be
established in the early phases of the vision planning process to see how they align.
Some of these past goals may remain relevant to the current state of the City and will be
incorporated into the planning process.
Deliverables: Memo summarizing past plans.
2.2 Data Analysis
Utile, Ninigret Partners, Horsley Whitten, Brown Richardson & Rowe, Toole Design,
and Viva Consulting will work with the City to update the current profile of Nashua
along multiple axes: demographics (including age, race, origins, education, and more),
housing, transportation, labor and economics, open space, environmental sustainability,
and more. This research and analysis will be developed through the lenses of equity,
resilience and climate protection, in order to frame the issues and opportunities facing
Nashua in the coming years. The research will be based on existing government-
published and open datasets, as well as proprietary data where necessary. The City of
Nashua’s own budgets and assessments will also be an invaluable resource. Looking at
socio-economic indicators and physical/environmental conditions will paint an
analytical and objective picture of the City to complement the more qualitative
community input process, Our team will consider relevant data that speaks to issues
surrounding equity, resilience and environmental protection including: socio-spatial
dynamics, such as equitable access to open space, regional affordable housing options,
transit accessibility, and proximity to basic retail and amenities among others. The
relevant data to be examined will become more defined ag the priorities of the planning
process are established,
Deliverable: Written report on existing conditions.
Task 3: Future Trend Assessment (Months 3-4)
A useful comprehensive plan will be based on a systematic understanding of Nashua’s
future needs. Utile with help from the consultant team will estimate Nashua’s future
needs and derive meaningful policymaking insights from those analyses.
Exhibit B
