| Company type | Not-for-Profit |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation, Community Improvement |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Key people | John Shern, chairman of the board Kim Menefee, executive director |
Number of employees | 4 (2020) |
| Website | http://www.cumberlandcid.org |
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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
Commercial property owners within the Cumberland area fund the Cumberland CID by paying an additional five mils of property taxes.[5][6] Cobb County collects the taxes and distributes those funds to the CID, which in turn provides funding to start the necessary planning process for roads, streetscapes, trails and other infrastructure improvements, while federal, state and county dollars pay for the bulk of project construction.[7]
- ^ Atlanta Regional Commission - About Tad Leithead Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ About the Cumberland CID: Governance Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ About the Cumberland CID: Overview Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Georgia Trend Magazine". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
- ^ About the Cumberland CID: Funding Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rainey & Phillips Law Associates - Community Improvement Districts
- ^ "Cobb County Convention and Visitors Bureau". Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-10-28.