February 20th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The Maryland Economic Development Association has awarded a first-of-its-kind award to Cumberland’s Economic Development Corporation. The Transformative Economic Development award was given in recognition of CEDC’s efforts to redevelop historic buildings along the Baltimore Street corridor. CEDC Director Matt Miller said the scope of the project has reshaped the downtown…

   

“This is a huge, tremendous undertaking for a community of our size and our capacity. And the fact that we were able to pull it off and as beautiful as it turned out. I think that our citizens are proud of it and we’re seeing a lot of new foot traffic downtown and people are starting to check it out and seeing what downtown has to offer in a new light.”