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Cumberland Community Improvement District

Self-taxing district in Georgia, US

The Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) is a self-taxing district covering 6.5 square miles (17 km2) in southern Cobb County, Georgia, that includes the intersections of I-75, I-285 and U.S. Highway 41. The Cumberland CID, Georgia’s first CID, was formed by business leaders interested in improving access to the highways for Atlanta’s emerging northwest market, known as Cumberland. Commercial property owners within the Cumberland area fund the Cumberland CID by paying an additional five mils of property taxes.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) is a self-taxing district covering 6.5 square miles (17 km2) in southern Cobb County, Georgia, that includes the intersections of I-75, I-285 and U.S. Highway 41. The Cumberland CID, Georgia’s first CID, was formed by business leaders interested in improving access to the highways for Atlanta’s emerging northwest market, known as Cumberland.2

The story

The Cumberland CID was founded upon the basis of Article 9, Section VII of the Georgia Constitution. The amendment providing for CIDs was approved by the voters in 1984. The Cumberland CID was brought into being through the enactment of a resolution by the Cobb County Commission and the consent of the Cumberland area’s commercial property owners in 1988.

As of 2010, the CID has leveraged $89 million into more than $500 million for area improvements. At the close of 2009, each dollar raised by the CID brought in $7 from public sources, for a portfolio of active projects worth more than an estimated $230 million. By 2012, the Cumberland CID expects to have raised $100 million in local funds.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cumberland Community Improvement District, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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