TL/DR: It is critical to tell your alderman that you do not want parking minimums in downtown. There will undoubtedly be more public meetings about this in the future, but it is critical we get this to the top of mind ASAP. The constituents do not want parking minimums. Please Read more…
Thanks to one of our members, we have a new map to publish. Believe it or not, there are fully protected (or mostly fully protected), cycling routes in Nashua. These published routes are safe and convenient bike routes from schools in Nashua to local rec centers. Whether you or your Read more…
Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to our fourth Nashua Strong Towns general meeting. As always, it was great to have everyone there. Action items Discussed during the meeting there were two action items that we strongly recommend Nashua Strong Towns members take part in, meet with Read more…
https://www.facebook.com/nashua.strong.towns/posts/pfbid0MW3zpKMEgjaUiEGuRHpvd5oyFeYY7AnrnL2kmVjD7LfBzuSg2mgeekuZd11sAqGUl Mayor Jim Donchess is doing town halls with his constituents! Ward 1 just wrapped up. Ward 2 was rescheduled (although the new day has not yet been posted). If there are roads you feel are unsafe or issues you would like to raise with regards to walkability or just Read more…
Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to our third general Nashua Strong Towns meeting! It was great to have everyone here. This was our first in a couple of different ways. It was our first hybrid meeting! We made it possible for participants to show up virtually Read more…
By having a number of folks send consistent and clear messaging that we care about an issue, we just may be able to make some change, especially when the change we ask for is incremental. We recommend members send an email weekly referencing the issue to show the importance. As Read more…
If you were in Nashua yesterday, you may have come by the annual Nashua Holiday Stroll! The Nashua Stroll is an annual event where city officials open Main Street to pedestrian traffic, and do not allow cars in for about 11 hours. There is no stronger indicator of how much Read more…
The topic of much discussion on NextDoor – in Ward 5 Merritt Place is looking to infill 11 townhouses with 4 units each. While it is not fully mixed use (stores on the bottom and housing on top) it is a good example of missing middle housing. Missing middle housing Read more…
Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the second meeting! We got quite a bit done and had some great conversations. It was wonderful to see everyone again too. Meeting notes below: The local Strong Towns challenge: We were challenged by a local member to do one Read more…
On the 15th, we were at the first ever Nashua River Fest. The event was a spectacular showing of how amazing the space in a parking lot can be when it isn’t just used for parking! Most of the cars were removed and replaced with stands that had local businesses Read more…