December 15th, 2022 by WCBC Radio
It was an April that Cumberland City officials agreed to transfer ownership of the former Memorial hospital site to the Cumberland Economic Development Corporation. Future plans for the location included construction of a housing development specifically market rate residential housing. Located in South Cumberland the hospital was vacated in 2009 with the opening of a new hospital on Willowbrook road. The former hospital structure was demolished in 2015 leaving in 8 acre track that included a 300 space parking garage still intact at the South end of the property There has been virtually no public discussion about the project since the transfer. Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss a member of the CEDC board tells WCBC news that there is a developer and the project is moving forward however not much can be revealed publicly at this point…