Cumberland, Georgia
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| Coordinates: 33°54′53″N 84°29′35″W / 33.9148250°N 84.4929868°WCoordinates: 33°54′53″N 84°29′35″W / 33.9148250°N 84.4929868°W | |
| Elevation | 225-320 m (738-1,050 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 103,000 (approximately) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Zip code | 30339 |
| Website | CumberlandCID.org |
Cumberland, also known as Cumberland/Galleria, is a neighborhood in Northwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States, situated ten miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta. With approximately 122,000 workers and 103,000 residents, Cumberland is the region's fifth-largest business district, and is marked by several modern skyscrapers rising from the wooded hills above the freeways.
It is situated ten miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta at the junction of I-75 and I-285 (the "Cobb Cloverleaf") in Cobb County. Although small portions lie within incorporated Smyrna, the majority of the area is unincorporated and shares ZIP code 30339 with the Vinings area, which the USPS considers to be unincorporated Atlanta. While there are no official boundaries (except for the CID, which is a 5½-square-mile area that includes the interchange of I-75, I-285 and U.S. Highway 41), the business district generally extends as far northeast as the Wildwood Office Park on Powers Ferry Road, and up Cobb Parkway, the district's main street. Windy Hill Road is generally the northern extent of the district. To the south and west, it extends down Cumberland Parkway and Paces Ferry Road.
Cumberland has changed immensely over the past 50 years. In 1960, the area contained Camp Bert Adams, a Boy Scout reservation which still has a road bearing its name in the Vinings vicinity. The area began seeing growth following World War II, but major development didn't occur until Cumberland Mall opened as Georgia's largest and metro Atlanta's sixth enclosed regional mall in 1973. A decade later, the first office tower of the Galleria was built on 86 acres (350,000 m2) of prime space in what became the heart of the Cumberland district. This paved the way for several other towers, retail strips and hotels. In 1988, property owners formed the Cumberland Community Improvement District (Cumberland CID), the first in Georgia. The CID, a self-taxing district, has raised millions and has completed several infrastructure improvements in the area since its inception. During the summer of 1994, the Cobb-Marietta Exhibit Hall and Coliseum Authority built the $48 million Cobb Galleria Centre by renovating the existing mall there, and it has become another success for the district. A few small shopping centers were constructed in the mid-1990s, and a Cumberland Mall expansion and renovation was completed in 2006. Construction was completed on the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in late 2007, adding nightlife to the area. The Atlanta Opera, founded in 1979, moved its base to this location.
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