2025 GREATER BERRIEN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2025 GREATER BERRIEN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR BERRIEN COUNTY CITY OF ALAPAHA CITY OF ENIGMA CITY OF NASHVILLE CITY OF RAY CITY ii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................1 WATER RESOURCES...................................................................................................................................1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION............................................................................................................................1 FLOOD PLAINS.............................................................................................................................................7 LAND CAPABILITY .....................................................................................................................................26 LAND CAPABILITY FOR SEPTIC TANK DRAINAGE FIELDS............................27 Septic Tank Absorption Fields.......................................................................................27 POPULATION ..................................................................................................................................213 INVENTORY ....................................................................................................................................214 ASSESSMENT..................................................................................................................................249 ECONOMIC INVENTORY..............................................................................................................30 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT............................................................................................................52 GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION................................................................................................60 NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY........................................................61 NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT..............................................................................118 NATURAL AND CULTURAL GOALS .................................................................................... 129 HOUSING INVENTORY .................................................................................................................132 HOUSING ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS .............................................149 HOUSING GOALS ...........................................................................................................................155 COMMUNITY FACILITIES INVENTORY....................................................................................156 COMMUNITY FACILITIES ASSESSMENT..................................................................................163 COMMUNITY FACILITIES GOALS..............................................................................................167 iii EXISTING LAND USE ....................................................................................................................168 Berrien Co. Existing Land Use ..............................................................................................169 Nashville Existing Land Use .................................................................................................171 Alapaha Existing Land Use ...................................................................................................172 Enigma Existing Land Use ....................................................................................................174 Ray City Existing Land Use ..................................................................................................175 FUTURE LAND USE .......................................................................................................................187 Berrien Co. Future Land Use..................................................................................................188 Nashville Future Land Use .....................................................................................................189 Alapaha Future Land Use .......................................................................................................190 Enigma Future Land Use ........................................................................................................191 Ray City Future Land Use ......................................................................................................192 REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMETS.................................................................................................193 SHORT TERM WORK PROGRAM ................................................................................................201 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION...............................................................................207 Inventory..........................................................................................................................208 Assessment.......................................................................................................................211 Goals ................................................................................................................................212 TABLES OF FIGURE TABLES OF FIGURE....................................................................................................................... IV Berrien County Soil Associations Figure 7 ...............................................................................25 TABLE 1-4 ........................................................................................................................................27 TABLE 1-5 ........................................................................................................................................28 TABLE 1............................................................................................................................................30 TABLE 2............................................................................................................................................31 TABLE 3............................................................................................................................................32 TABLE 4............................................................................................................................................33 TABLE 5............................................................................................................................................34 TABLE 6............................................................................................................................................35 TABLE 7............................................................................................................................................36 TABLE 8............................................................................................................................................36 TABLE 9............................................................................................................................................37 TABLE 10..........................................................................................................................................38 TABLE 11..........................................................................................................................................39 TABLE 12..........................................................................................................................................40 TABLE 13..........................................................................................................................................41 TABLE 14..........................................................................................................................................42 TABLE 15..........................................................................................................................................43 iv TABLE 16..........................................................................................................................................44 TABLE 17..........................................................................................................................................45 TABLE 18..........................................................................................................................................46 TABLE 19..........................................................................................................................................47 TABLE 20..........................................................................................................................................48 TABLE 21..........................................................................................................................................49 TABLE 22.................................................................................................................................... .....49 TABLE 23..........................................................................................................................................50 TABLE 24..........................................................................................................................................51 TABLE 1-1 ........................................................................................................................................64