Agenda

Comprehensive Master Plan

Open Space and Environment

Goal: Action: Expand youth
programming at citywide

Outreach and park facilities

Education
Recommendation 1

Document and raise public
awareness of Nashua’s
conservation land, open space,
and recreational assets and
promote stewardship through
education and community
engagement opportunities.

Expand environmental
programming at parks to cultivate
respect and appreciation for open
space and stewardship at a young
age.

Imagine ERITr

Goal:

Recreation and
Open Space

Expand and enhance
existing open spaces and
networks through flexible
community programming
and climate adaptation
planning. Balance protection
of Nashua’s environmental
assets with opportunities for
redevelopment.

Action: Use City policy
to promote businesses
that adopt sustainable
practices.

Goal:

Location and
Regional Position

Embrace Nashua’s competitive
advantage straddling the

state border between two
metropolitan regions, and

both draw on and contribute to
the employment and housing
markets in both of those
regions.

To better incentivize emerging Downtown Nashua
industries to locate offices in the
city, Nashua must put all pieces

Imagine EGE

Goal:

Employment
Diversity

Facilitate growth of a strong

and diverse business sector

to expand opportunities and
retain workers, and ensure a
range of jobs that aligns with
local talent and skills.

Action: Encourage growth
in emerging innovation
based economic sectors
centered around medical
devices, robotics,
biosciences, and similar
industry sectors

Action: Continue to
emphasize the role

Goal:

Livability and
Development
Coordination

Encourage housing
redevelopment opportunities
that align and coordinate with
vibrant mixed-use, mobility
and open space planning.

Work with city
departments to address
the need for increased
infrastructure, including
schools, water, sewers,
health, and safety.

Recommendation 1

Encourage new housing
production in areas served by
existing transit and amenities

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Goal:
Form and Design

Encourage use of form

based codes for appropriate
neighborhoods and corridors,
enhancing character and
positively contributing to
livability and surrounding
neighborhoods.

Create design
guidelines for small infill
development projects
which are compatible
with surrounding
neighborhood but ata
higher density than what
Zoning currently allows

Adopt incentives
to encourage LEED and
green building standards
as part of land use code.

Push existing
Zoning that encourages
the use of solar, wind,
and renewable energy
systems to incentivize
all new construction to
require renewables.

Adopt zoning to
incentivize preservation
and adaptive reuse to
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from new
building materials.

Conducta
vulnerability assessment
of the City.

Recommendation 1

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New apartment complex in Nashua

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Goal:

Environmental
Sustainability

Promote and support high-
quality, green building design
that is climate-resilient and
energy-efficient.

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All new
construction and
building renovations
and upgrades should be
designed and maintained
for resource efficiency
and GHG reduction

Recommendation 1

Leverage Public
Land for Housing
Production

Reintroduce
First Time Homebuyer
Program

The City should continue to
explore all options such as
deferring tax payments if
affordable housing is included,
selling the land at a significant
discount, or providing a grant or
no interest rate loan for a portion
of the cost.

Expand Rental
and Owner Rehab
Programs

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2020 Housing Study

For detailed information on key
housing issues and strategies
for implementation in Nashua,
please see the recently
completed 2020 Housing
Study. The following actions
are extracted and generalized
from recommendations
outlined in the Housing study
which can be found on the
documentations tab.

Multi-family housing in Nashua

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Goal:

Housing
Affordability and
Stability

Update policies and
regulations to increase and