Agenda

mixed-use corridors and Scenario Planning
neighborhoods that promote

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Community Engagement
Extensive community outreach
and surveying through Social
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digital mapping platform,
gave members of the Nashua
community the opportunity

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Zoning Map

Zoning

Along with land use, zoning rules
and regulations play a major role
in informing on-the-ground policy
decisions. While this master plan
does not involve a full zoning
rewrite, recommendations from
this plan will directly affect future
zoning code and policy in the city.
Nashua is currently divided into
fifteen base zoning districts, eight
overlay zoning districts, and two
special zoning districts.

ZONING

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Distribution of Land Uses by Land Area

Development
Patterns

A broad land use plan of

Nashua shows patterns of
development representative of
many communities in the United
States including large residential
neighborhoods, with concentrated
strips of development consisting
of commercial, heavy commercial
and industrial development. The
land use plan is an important tool
and lever that the City can use to
guide future policy decisions.

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Nashua Today:
Land Use and
Development

Imagine Nashua seeks to develop
predictable, transparent, and
adaptable land use policies that
the city can use for many years to
come. Directing targeted and well-
regulated redevelopment in prime
locations in Nashua will allow for a
more streamlined planning process
focused on advancing economic
growth and generating community
benefits, while protecting and
preserving the city’s established
neighborhoods.

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Land use policy is one of the most important tools
and mechanisms Nashua can use to advance

and shape equitable and sustainable growth and
redevelopment in the city. Strategic decision-making
around land use outcomes can have transformative

impacts on housing availability and choice, access
to jobs and opportunities, efficient and well-
connected transportation networks, critical resource
protection, and climate impact mitigation.

Economic
Development

Open Space and
Natural Resources

Top Goal: Parks and
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Nashua’s green network:
Enhance access to and better
connect Nashua’s existing open
space network for citizens of all
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Top Goal: Mitigation of
Climate Change Impacts

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change on the community and
encourage public health.

Comprehensive Master Plan

Arts and Culture

Top Goal: Diversity

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Land Use and
Development

Imagine Nashua’s
Top Goals

Imagine Nashua conducted an
extensive outreach process to hear
from the Nashua community about
what we are doing well, where

we can improve, and where we
want to be as a city. The feedback
the planning team received from
this robust engagement process,
coupled with and supported

Top Goals and Actions
Organized by Topic Areas

Each topic area subchapter begins with:

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Existing Conditions Snapshot

Land Use and Development
Top Goal: Redevelopment Opportunity

Mobility and Transit

Top Goal: Equitable and Connected Transportation Networks
Top Goal: Carbon-free Transportation and Building Design

Housing
Top Goal: Housing Accessibility

Economic Development

Top Goal: Economic Mobility and Access to Opportunity
Top Goal: Local Businesses

Top Goals
and Actions