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DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN

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Past and Current Planning Studies
Plan Contributors
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Glossary

Comprehensive Master Plan

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Imagine EGE

Goal:
Riverfront Access

Advance goals outlined

in the Nashua Downtown
Riverfront Master Plan and
continue to leverage this vital
environmental, community
and economic asset through
the lenses of equity, resilience
and climate protection.

Action: Build on ongoing
efforts to improve access
and activate both sides of
the Nashua riverfront to
strengthen connections
to neighborhoods and the
downtown.

Recommendation 1

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