Board Of Aldermen

Imagine EITEy https://imagine.nashuanh.gov

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.

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Arts and Culture

Top Goal: Diversity

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Land Use and
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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

In-person Events

The City attended the Tree

Street Block Party and hosted

an in-person public meeting at
the Library to share the draft
recommendations for all six
Topic Areas. The in-person
meeting invited attendees to
share feedback on the draft
recommendations with sticky
notes and dot stickers. Attendees
could also review boards that
highlighted the existing conditions
mapping that occurred earlier in
the plan.

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Comment Forms

Throughout the planning

Opinion groups: Across 394 total
participants, opinion groups emerged
around improving access to green space
and riverfront, increasing quality and high-
paying jobs, increasing public art, year-
round events and festivals, providing more
affordable housing, and improving rail and
transit connections.

Here’s what most people agreed with:

“The current pandemic shows
us that we should be thinking of
open space and recreation less
as a nice amenity but more as

a fundamental part of balanced
city life.”

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Pol.is Survey

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total participants

29,940+

total votes cast

Social Pinpoint

2600+

total visits

300+

total comments on map

Webinars/Public
Workshops

1 OES

parcipants attended each
workshop

Public Zoom Meetings in action!

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https://imagine.nashuanh.gov

The planning team conducted a wide variety of digital and non-digital
engagement activities throughout the planning process.

Plan Website

A website dedicated to the
Imagine Nashua planning process
was created to be a landing page
for the project with information on
upcoming events, information on
how to get involved, and analysis
created throughout the plan.

The website was used to employ
online surveys, social media
outreach, interactive mapping,
and online storytelling tools to
gather feedback from those who
are not typically engaged in the
planning process. The website
was translated into Spanish