March 18th, 2016 by WCBC Radio

A large crowd on hand this week at the Allegany Museum as the new design plans for the downtown pedestrian mall were on display with project representatives on hand to answer questions and listen to concerns.  Five alternatives are being looked at as well as a hybrid proposal developed by the Downtown Development Commission.  On hand at the event  were representatives of the Cumberland Economic Development Corp. as well as associates from McCormick Taylor, a Baltimore-based engineering and design firm, and the Sage Policy Group, an economic development consulting company also based in Baltimore. Anirban Basu is chairman and CEO of the Sage Group says that while the national economy has been improving for a prolonged period, you would not know that by visiting the downtown Cumberland Mall…