November 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Now that the Baltimore Street Project has been open for a year, a critical look at how it has helped the retail area shows that growth has been occurring. Twenty new businesses have opened their doors in the downtown, with seven more set to open by spring of 2026.  Cumberland’s Main Street Manager believes the new businesses are making educated decisions about location…

   

“Small business owners are not going to open a business if they don’t think that it’s a good investment. Just the sheer number of businesses that have opened speaks volumes about the quality of the project and the attention on the area that we’ve given.”