A lot has been said and written about the pace of development in New Berlin. Many people seem to believe that the City is bursting at the seams, and that growth within New Berlin has been uncontrolled and explosive. In reality, by almost any measure imaginable, that is not the case at all.
Growth is a subjective issue.
If the farm field behind your home is developed into a subdivision, the impact on you is significant, and you may tend to believe that growth is out of control. If you live far away from development, you may think that nothing is happening at all in the City in the way of growth. In addition, because New Berlin residents have long considered the number of multiple family units to be an important factor, that calculation should also take place. This is the area which was designed to grow . In fact, in 1997, this area was well behind in growth projections, and was in danger of failing, thereby costing the taxpayers millions of dollars in infrastructure investment.