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Meeting followup

Nashua Sustainability Fair 2024

Last year we were invited to the Nashua Sustainability Fair and we were invited back this year in 2024! This year we spent time talking about the dense housing, zoning and its connection to both climate friendliness and lower heating/cooling bills. New Hampshire and the American northeast has some of Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 1 year ago
Meeting followup

Complete Streets Presentation to the Aldermen

April 9 your local conversation leaders made a formal presentation on Nashua Strong Towns in a special session of the Board of Alderman. Patricia Klee (Alderman, Ward 3) was kind enough to set this special meeting up for us and we had 30 minutes to make our presentation and answer Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 1 yearApril 17, 2024 ago
Industry expert

Nashua re-CODE featuring Sam Durfee

Pre-meeting summary For members to know, presented by LC Leader Darrien: Nashua Strong Towns LC Leaders will be presenting Complete Streets to the Board of Aldermen April 9 between 7:00-7:30PM This is all possible thanks to the strong support we have received from our members over the last few months Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 1 yearMarch 2, 2024 ago
Advocacy

Presenting on Complete Streets – guidance

General guidance – how to present With the completion of our Complete Streets policy it is time to present our ideas to the town. Presenting in public can be daunting, but we want to make it as straightforward as possible. Strong Towns – has some general guidance here. If you’ve Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 1 yearJanuary 23, 2024 ago
Advocacy

Introducing Nashua Strong Towns Complete Streets Policy

After a significant number of discussions, at Nashua Strong Towns we are proud to present our official Complete Streets policy. Having streets that prioritize all road users, rather than just private automobiles is critical to ensuring a sustainable, walkable, pleasant town. We have come together with a plan that we Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 1 yearJanuary 17, 2024 ago
Information

Nearby cities – Complete Streets Analysis

During our August meeting – we did an analysis of Complete Streets policies in nearby cities. Places that were in New Hampshire and not so far from Nashua, but potentially have hugely better policies for pedestrian and cyclist safety. Of these cities, we picked: Portsmouth, NH Manchester, NH Concord, NH Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 2 yearsSeptember 9, 2023 ago
Advocacy

Nashua needs Complete Streets

In Nashua we are stuck with a “car conundrum.” We have begun densifying the areas around Main Street, but most folks are still dependent on cars. Because of this we are stuck where the town wants to build more parking because they do not have the money to provide adequate Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 2 yearsJuly 27, 2023 ago
Advocacy

Official response to parking minimums

It’s no secret – at Nashua Strong Towns we are against the proposed parking minimums in Nashua downtown. At this point in time, we should be considering removing parking minimums from the rest of the city, not looking to increase the number of cars in our densest, most economically productive Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 2 years ago
Event

Nashua Sustainability Fair

Recently we were at the Nashua Sustainability Fair at the Nashua Public Library to celebrate Earth Day. The walkable cities bring a lot of different benefits to cities, everything from a strong tax base to more pleasant places for folks to enjoy. But one thing in Nashua Strong Towns we Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 2 yearsApril 24, 2023 ago
Industry expert

General meeting #6 – featuring James Vayo

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to our sixth general Nashua Strong Towns meeting. It was great to have everyone here! Yes I did call it the 5th general meeting but it turns out I lost count! Turnout was great, and we had industry expert and previous Read more…

By Darrien Glasser, 2 yearsApril 11, 2023 ago

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