The City of Cumberland prepared 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, adopted by City Council on January 2nd, 2024, addresses 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 also explored existing historic resources and highlighted future potential designations.
Developing the Plan required extensive outreach and community input through focus groups, public workshops, and an online community preservation survey. This included stakeholder engagement and focus group discussions, as well as two community open houses.
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.
