Here is the document Della Gladieux gave to the Berrien Planning Commissioners last Thursday, at the Public Hearing about subdidiving on Bradford Road in an agricultural character area.

Subdivisions in agricultural areas cause financial problems –Della Gladieux to Berrien Planning Commission 2025-10-16

You can see her present it in this WWALS video:

• Urban sprawl is too expensive –Della Gladieux
  

  Video:
  https://youtu.be/LlIj9I_9Qno

Berrien Planning Commissioners: Mike Hand, Kyle Pearson, Vice-Chair Skeeter Parker, Chair Parrish Akins, Van Tucker (absent), Greg Shoupe (also Building Inspector), Zoning Administrator Teresa Willis, 2025-10-16 –jsq for WWALS

The entire document is on the WWALS website in PDF.

Bradford-Development-Public-Hearing-Speech

My name is Della Galdieux.

In the Plan Update under the Berrien County 2025-2029 Community Work Program, it lists the projects and the estimated costs that are needed for the county.

No matter where it is, whether it is Lowndes County, California, or Florida, the outcomes and costs are the same economically, environmentally, culturally, and more in every study and report.

Berrien County Community Work Program –Comprehensive Plan

BERRIEN COUNTY “ORIGINAL” BUDGET REQUESTS

Page 6

Total County Budget 2025-2026 \$22,083,518.00

Appendix – Focus on Lowndes’s Benchmark Counties

Sprawl Costs the U.S. $1 Trillion Every Year

Community Goals –Comprehensive Plan

II. Needs and Opportunities: Land Use and Transportation

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES Needs; Natural Resources Goals –Comprehensive Plan

Land Use Goals and Needs –Comprehensive Plan

Community Facilities and Services Needs & Policies –Comprehensive Plan

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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