Richard Lannan Named Nashua's 2023 Citizen of the Year

Richard Lannan, a real estate investor and developer who played an integral role in the develoment fo the Nashua Performing Arts Center, has been named the 2023 Citizen of the Year by the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.

“This honor is given annually to an individual who constantly and consistently seeks to better the Greater Nashua community. Rich has shown dedication and passion to creating new a Center for the Arts which will bring the community together in downtown Nashua for decades to come. It will be a true honor to recognize him as Citizen of the Year at this year’s Annual Gala,” says Wendy Hunt, president and CEO of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce 

Lannan, owner and president of The Lannan Company in Nashua, has focused much if his devleopemnt efforts in reviving downtown Nashua. He was selected as Citizen fo the Year by a committee of past Citizen of the Year recipients. He will reciebve the award at the Chamber’s 95^th Annual Gala and Citizen of the Year event on Nov. 8 at the Event Center at the Courtyard by Marriott in Nashua.

Lannan began his real estate business In the late 1970’s that soon turned into a commercial brokerage firm that then grew into an acquisition firm for a large real estate investment firm. With the idea of breathing new life into the City of Nashua, Lannan partnered with an entity that focused on Factory Outlet Shopping Centers nationwide. That company developed over 500,000 square feet of shopping space through Arkansas, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and NH.

From there, Lannan opened The Lannan Company, focusing in developing properties in Downtown Nashua. The company owns mixed-use investment properties.

Lannan was a member of the initial study for a downtown Improvement District, which turned into the Downtown Improvement Committee that funded the study for the Performing Arts Center. In 2008, Lanna was appointed to Nashua’s Service Advisory Committee and the Downtown Improvement Committee. In the years following, he would go on to be appointed to the Steering Committee of the proposed Nashua Performing Arts Center and became the committee's chairman.

Lannan spent thousands of hours focusing on the construction of the Performing Arts Center by hosting weekly, and sometimes daily, meetings with Havery Construction and the City of Nashua.

Lannan serves on several other boards in Nashua, including the Enterprise Bank of Southern NH Advisory Council and the Heart Warriors Foundation Advisory Board. He  started the annual golf tournament for the Heart Warrior Foundation, which has raised tens of thousands of dollars yearly for scholarships in the field of medicine. Lannan was recognized earlier this year as Business Leader of the Year by the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards luncheon.

For information on the Citizen of the Year event, visit www.nashuachamber.com/events.