Complex sentence: Today Beekman has a total population of 14,000, being one of the fastest growing towns in the entire country, comparatively few farms remain and commerce and industry increasingly shape the non residential areas of the town.
Split into simpler sentences: Today Beekman has a total population of 14,000, being one of the fastest growing towns in the entire country. Comparatively few farms remain, and commerce and industry increasingly shape the non-residential areas of the town.