e 10% are firmly opposed to the project as it is and/or opposed to City investment in
the project.
e 14% said they would be part of the capital campaign committee and 19% will
strongly consider it.
e 82% of respondents said that the project justifies a capital campaign.
All interviewees were asked to rate (on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest) the
perception of the importance of the Performing Arts Center to Nashua, its economy, and
its employers.
Those that answered these questions rated the:
Importance of the Nashua Performing Arts Center to the Nashua community as 7.8 out
of 10.
Economic impact of the Nashua Performing Arts Center on Nashua as 7.25 out of 10.
Positive impact on employers in the area as 7.6 out of 10.
INTERVIEWEE COMMENTS
“This has the potential to be an important economic driver in downtown.”
“Main Street is the face of our City. We want to create an environment where people want
to live and be. It will be great to have live music in in downtown.”
“Bringing residential development to downtown is a key component of its revitalization.
To bring residents to downtown, Nashua needs arts and culture downtown. This will be a
building block that could bring great things to Nashua.”
“Putting this downtown will help the downtown restaurants only.”
“The Performing Arts Center could make some architecturally important changes to the
building that could update downtown.”
“This is a fundamental building block to making downtown an inviting destination.”
“This is too expensive and the city should not be investing in it.”
“| hope this will attract all different kinds of audiences. It could help Nashua strengthen its
multi-cultural community.”
“This will make Nashua a destination and bring foot traffic to downtown.”
“Downtown needs this.”
“This is way overdue. Let's just do this. There is nothing to do downtown but eat.”
“This is very important. Culture is something that brings people to the city.”
“If the arts community wants a performing arts center, the arts community should pay for
it?
“| think every community should have a performing arts center. | would go there.”
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