Brentwood Green Space

The U.S Census reported Brentwood’s 2000 population at 23,698, and estimated the 2005 population at 32,456 people. Brentwood's population is projected to grow to over 45,000 by 2020. Increased population will decrease green space and increase costs of infra-structure.
The population growth projections in the original Brentwood 2020 Plan have been exceeded, and build-out is now anticipated by 2016 rather than 2020.
Within the past five years, the City annexed land that has added five square miles and approximately 2,400 new residents into the incorporated City limits. The current area of corporate Brentwood is approximately 41 square miles. The area that is outside the City limits but currently within Brentwood’s Urban Growth Boundary is approximately 7 square miles.
There are currently 525+ acres of publicly owned parkland and greenways in Brentwood, including over nine miles of trails.
The Brentwood 2020 Plan Update showed that residents ranked Growth Management as their number one priority.
In 2006, 81% of the City of Brentwood survey respondents also thought that the Preservation of the City’s “Remaining Farms and Other Large Open Space Tracts” should be a “Mid to High Priority” for Brentwood.
City funds dedicated to the purpose of preserving green space will make it more likely that federal, state and county sources of funding can be accessed.
Conclusion: The open space you see today is already zoned residential. If we do not act now to preserve Brentwood's unique rural character for our children and grandchildren, our green space will be gone forever.