Historic District Boundary To Be Revised
Kathy Cornwell has spent over 40 years in local media, starting her career with an internship at WCBC in the late 1980s. After graduating from Frostburg State University, she worked extensively in cable television advertising and programming with Comcast. From 2002 to 2005, she was married to WCBC's Jim Robey. Kathy returned to the News Department at WCBC in 2023. She lives in Cumberland with her husband, retired radio station manager Rich Cornwell.
In an effort to make some of the area’s more historic properties even more appealing to potential buyers, the boundaries of the City of Cumberland’s historic district are being revised. A redesign of the boundary will allow the historic Old German Brewery, which most recently housed Furlow’s Towing to be part of the district, opening it up to more state and federal tax incentives, according to City Administrator Jeff Silka…
“I did get an official letter from the owner requesting that change. So, I will start the ordinance process. It’s going to take a while to get that updated – get the map updated – but it will also include the other boundary changes that were missed the first time we GIS’d the map.”