Livable-Nashua

Our Progress Towards a Thriving Resilient Future

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Nashua has laid the foundation for a more livable community through promoting renewable energy, managing stormwater, and protecting natural areas. This dashboard pulls all this information into one place so that Nashua residents and businesses can understand how we track our progress and can actively engage in setting goals and taking action towards a more livable future.

Nashua's hydroelectric dams generate enough energy to power municipal facilities for a  year.

Building energy accounts for just over 30% of the greenhouse gas emissions released nationally, making it one of the most important areas to address to limit climate change.

With more charging stations and vehicle options, electric vehicles are steadily growing in popularity it Nashua.

Nashua is just above the national average for the percent of population with health insurance.

Nashua's unemployment rate has gone down by 1.6% since 2015.

Despite a 55% increase in population from 1970-2016, Nashua has still managed to increase the total acres of conservation land by more than 1200%!

The City of Nashua worked with community stakeholders on Resilient Nashua throughout 2018 and 2019 to develop a comprehensive resilience initiative. In 2020, the City kicked off Imagine Nashua, the latest master planning process.