Key Facts supporting The Granary Project

Environmental Benefits

• Existing buildings repurposed in place, or ‘adaptive use’, is one of the best ways to conserve our natural resources.

• Removing the paved parking lot and adding permeable surface areas, all decrease the environmental impact.

• Adding green spaces, trees, vegetation, and reducing water run-off, increase groundwater recharge and reduce flooding.

• Removing and remediating asbestos siding fully removes potentially harmful asbestos from the site.

• Reducing exposed parking to garage spaces reduces salt, oil, anti-freeze and salts entering to the wetlands.

Neighborhood Benefits

• Removing the existing commercial/industrial use from the residential area is far more harmonious and consistent with the underlying residential use.

• Removing vehicles visible on the property by using the existing garage to provide spaces for each unit.

• No changes in structures reduces construction to a renovation only project.

• Removing commercial trucks on the property reduces commercial traffic impact on Tappan Street.

• Removing employee parking on the site reduces overall parking of vehicles dramatically

• Closing down the apron and curb cut entering the property reduces speeds and increases safety on Tappan Street.

• Adding landscaping, trees, vegetation, stone wall, and closing the curb cut enhances the impact of the view of the existing building.

• Removing the commercial use reduces the noise and visual impact from trucks, employees, and dumpsters on the site.

• Renovating the existing buildings increases the aesthetics of the site overall.

• Landscaping and renovations of the site increases valuations of nearby homes.

Town Benefits

• Increased and diversified housing stock.

• Increased drainage and run-off management.

• Increased tax revenue.

• Increased alignment with Manchester’s Master Plan objectives.

• Increased housing stock closer to public transportation and the downtown.

• Increased downsizing and ADA compliant housing options for seniors and mobility impaired who want to stay in Manchester.

• Decrease in residential ‘off-site’, exposed, and ‘on-street’ parking.

• Increased housing within walking distance to local businesses.

• Removal of a commercial/industrial use in a residentially zoned neighborhood.