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Baltimore Street Redevelopment Project Walking Tour & Lunch

(Cumberland, MD)

Photo of Baltimore street in mainstreet maryland (Photo credit: Main Street Maryland)

SAVE THE DATE! JUNE 25, 2025 AT 11-12PM (Cumberland, Maryland)

Join Matt Miller, Executive Director of the Cumberland Economic Development Corporation, for a walking tour of the award-winning Baltimore Street Redevelopment Project followed by buffet lunch at Ristorante Ottavianni, including pasta, salad, and woodfired pizza.

Baltimore Street has long been a center of commerce and activity in downtown Cumberland. In 2017, the City of Cumberland began the process of reimagining a segment of Baltimore Street that had been converted to a pedestrian mall in the 1970s. Following years of planning and construction, the transformation of Baltimore Street was celebrated with a grand reopening in November of 2024. Baltimore Street is once again a vibrant, thriving gathering place for residents and visitors. The redevelopment project celebrates the region’s cultural and natural resources, and features broader sidewalks, added green spaces, and a reintroduction of vehicle and bicycle traffic.

The tour will begin at The Rosenbaum, 118 Baltimore Street, Suite 202. Participants should park at the George Street Parking Garage, which is 1.5 blocks away.