General Findings & Conclusions Comparison of the four alternative growth scenarios for Berkeley County confirms that different land use patterns and development intensities envisioned for the planning area could have significant impacts on community cohesiveness, character, financial stability, and the efficient use of infrastructure for decades to come. Information from the Summary Report should be shared with stakeholders in the planning process to create the new Comprehensive Plan. And specifically, it should provide background information and support for efforts to develop the official Future Land Use Map that will be included in the new document. The paragraphs that follow provide a narrative summary of the alternative growth scenarios, and highlight the trade-offs with each for making more informed decisions about a best path forward for the new Comprehensive Plan. The information presented in the Summary Report is almost entirely data-driven, and the findings and conclusions presented in the report respond to the data presented. It is important to put this information in the context of the overall planning process for the new Comprehensive Plan, and to weigh the report’s findings and recommendations against the community vision, guiding principles, and comments collected to this point for the new Comprehensive Plan.
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