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Cumberland, Georgia

Unincorporated community in the Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia, US

Field	Value
official_name	Cumberland
settlement_type	Unincorporated area
image_skyline	Cumberland, Georgia office buildings, 2016.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Office buildings in Cumberland
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location in Cobb County and the state of Georgia
pushpin_map	Metro Atlanta
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Cobb
leader_title1
population_as_of	2007
population_total	103,000 (approximately)
timezone	EST
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	225-320
elevation_ft	738-1050
postal_code_type	Zip code
postal_code	30339

Cumberland is an edge city in Cobb County located in an unincorporated area of the northwest Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia, United States. It is situated 10 mi northwest of Downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) play their games at Truist Park in Cumberland.

History

Cumberland has changed immensely over the past 50 years. From 1927 to 1960, the area contained Camp Bert Adams, a Boy Scout reservation which still has a road bearing its name in the Vinings vicinity (the camp moved in 1960 to a site south of Covington). The area began seeing growth following World War II, but major development did not occur until Cumberland Mall opened as Georgia's largest and metro Atlanta's sixth enclosed regional mall in 1973. A decade later, the first office tower of Cobb Galleria was built on 86 acre of prime space in what became the heart of the Cumberland district. This paved the way for several other towers, retail strips and hotels. In 1988, property owners formed the Cumberland Community Improvement District (Cumberland CID), the first in Georgia.

The CID, a self-taxing district, has raised millions and has completed several infrastructure improvements in the area since its inception. During the summer of 1994, the Cobb-Marietta Exhibit Hall and Coliseum Authority built the $48 million Cobb Galleria Centre by renovating the existing mall there, and it has become another success for the district. A few small shopping centers were constructed in the mid-1990s, and a Cumberland Mall expansion and renovation was completed in 2006. Construction was completed on the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in late 2007, adding nightlife to the area. The Atlanta Opera, founded in 1979, moved its base to this location.

Economy

Truist Park with the Battery Atlanta high rises in the right background

Cumberland houses some ten million ft2 (930,000 m2) of retail, with its focal point being Cumberland Mall.

In 2017, the Atlanta Braves opened Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta, a mixed-use development surrounding the ballpark.

Arts and culture

View of Cumberland from Truist Park. The Cumberland Mall and Cobb Galleria Centre can be seen in the distance

Attractions include:

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Cobb Galleria Centre
Cumberland Mall
Truist Park
The Battery Atlanta

Infrastructure

Transportation

A monument in the Cobb Galleria office park

Highways include US Highway 41 (Cobb Parkway), I-75, and I-285.

References

"Cumberland Community Improvement District (CCID)".
"Archived copy".
(October 18, 2010). "CID flush with projects, big plans".
(December 18, 2006). "Cumberland CID plans for enhanced improvements".
"Truist Park".

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