Housing Focus Part of Comprehensive Plan

The City of Cumberland’s new comprehensive plan is almost to the finish line before being submitted to the state. The plan must be revised every 20 years to update plans of forward-looking projects that the city plans to carry out.  The current plan was focused more on inside systems and infrastructure, but Mayor Ray Morriss says this plan has housing a key…

“Obviously the old Allegany High School site, the Memorial Hospital site is still in play. The CEDC is handling that – has been talking to some builders and some builders are showing a real interest in the Memorial Hospital site. But also in other areas within the city.”