The City of Cumberland is preparing a Historic Preservation Plan to provide a comprehensive assessment of the city’s historic preservation program and its role in the City’s broader planning processes. The Historic Preservation Plan will address preservation’s role in housing and neighborhood revitalization, the adaptive use of historic commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings, preservation-based economic development, and heritage tourism. The Historic Preservation Plan will also look at existing historic resources and highlight future potential designations.

Developing the Plan will require extensive outreach and community input through focus groups, public workshops, and an online community preservation survey. A project website will host project information, meeting notices, and plan documents throughout the process. In addition, the website provides a means for providing input to the City and planning team. The planning process will include input and participation from all segments of the community.

With this Historic Preservation Plan, the city hopes to build on past successes while recognizing that additional efforts are necessary to identify priority areas for preservation, reinvestment, and economic development and to shape and enhance Cumberland’s character.

The planning process will include opportunities for public participation, including focus groups, workshops, and open houses. We want your input!

• Community Workshop, September 12, 2023 – 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
  Allegany Museum, 3 Pershing Street

Scroll down to review and download a copy of the Draft Cumberland Historic Preservation Plan. Feel free to share your comments with the planning team below or attend the community workshop on September 12.

2023 Project Schedule: 

• February – Project Start 
• March – Cumberland Site Visit
• March/April – Gather Data and Information 
• May – Community Engagement Week
• August – Draft Historic Preservation Plan
• September – Public Workshop and Community Preservation Survey
• October – Final Historic Preservation Plan