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Population by Race and Ethnicity

90%

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Doing Our Part to
Address Climate
Change

Nashua must do its part to combat
climate change as a member of

a regional and global community
dedicated to making the world

a more sustainable and better
place to live. As we write this plan,
the City of Nashua has already

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As we plan redevelopment in the city, we must be cognizant of how
new growth impacts different groups in the city and ensure access to
opportunities for all residents to succeed.

Total Population Change 1970-2030

Nashua has seen a steady rise in population since 1970 with an
increase of nearly 30,000 new residents. Nashua can expect this growth
to continue through the year 2030 adding another 8,000 residents.

110,000

100,000

90,000

Imagine Nashua provided the
platform to engage in an inclusive
citywide discussion on how to
manage and plan for equitable
and sustainable growth and
redevelopment in the city. Through
multiple outreach efforts, the
planning team heard the concerns
of Nashua residents around
density, redevelopment, home
prices, climate change, carbon
emissions, the commuter rail,
traffic, walkability, and many other
cross-cutting issues, which we
will focus on through the rest of

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Ae el ies

As our community was managing the COVID-19
crisis and the long-term effects on our residents and
businesses, we felt it was extremely important not
to delay this process. What better way to emerge
from acrisis than hearing from our community and

setting forth a plan to come back with goals that
improve the overall quality of life for all residents
and ensure a more resilient community into the
future.

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2000 Master Plan Successes

Conserving Natural Resources
and Open Space was a high
priority of the last Master Plan:
in 1999 the City had 230 acres
of conserved land, and as of
2017 we have 1297 acres of
permanently conserved land!

Encouraging and promoting
sidewalks, trails, and bicycle
lanes was a high priority of

the last Master Plan. Since
then, the City has added over
4 miles of conservation trails,
the Nashua River Rail Trail, the

environmental improvements and
community benefits. The visions
for these areas are a central
component of this plan, and
incorporate all topic elements:
land use, housing, economic
development, mobility and transit,
open space and the environment,
and arts and culture.

It is critical that while Nashua
plans for what future development
can look like in the next 20 years,
that the benefits of growth and
change are felt by all members

of the community. This means

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Learn More

Read about the Imagine
Nashua vision and core values
on page 28.

Learn about priority areas for
targeted redevelopment and
actions for improvement on
page 60.

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At the core of Nashua are its people and this master plan aims to enrich
the quality of life for those who live, work, and visit the city through

thoughtful and strategic planning.

In 2020, the City of Nashua
embarked on a year-long
comprehensive planning process
to update its citywide master
plan. In the midst of challenges
associated with the COVID-19
pandemic, critical narratives
centered around addressing racial
and social inequity in the country,
and larger concerns for climate
change impacts on our local and
regional ecosystems, the Imagine
Nashua planning process did not
take a step back, and felt it was
important to engage the Nashua
community—now more than ever—