Greater Nashua
Mayor highlights innovation and housing in State of the City
NASHUA - During his annual State of the City address on Feb. 17, Mayor James Donchess described how the Gate City has prospered since the first mills opened on the banks of the Nashua River. “Over the years, innovation has been a key to Nashua’s success,” he said, adding that the “culture of innovation” began in the Nashua Millyard. From 1822 to 1825, the Nashua Manufacturing Company built the three-mile Nashua Power Canal and attracted new residents from a number of foreign countries. “Immigrants came to Nashua to work in the mills and realize the American Dream,” said Donchess. In 1945, the mills were acquired by Textron and thousands of employees were terminated during the next five years. Donchess said former Gov. Hugh Gregg responded with the creation of the Nashua Foundation during the 1950s and purchased the mills as well as Mine Falls Park. The ...
