November 15th, 2024 by WCBC Radio

Thursday morning, city and state officials came together to celebrate the reimagined Downtown Cumberland in a special ribbon cutting ceremony.  Eighteen months of work transformed the former pedestrian mall back to an open street with parking, new infrastructure, and other amenities. Cumberland Economic Development Director Matt Miller said partnerships made the project a success…

“What you are witnessing is the result of a decade of strategic planning, vision, design, and engineering supported with political equity from all levels of government and pushed forward by private stakeholder buy-in. To reach this juncture was not an easy task and the phrase ‘it takes a village,’ is probably an understatement.”