CUMBERLAND — With the 2025 MLB All-Star Game just months away from coming to Cobb, the county and the Cumberland Community Improvement District have partnered on a $2.5 million revamp of a pedestrian bridge near the festivities.
The Cumberland CID’s governing board voted 5-0, with Chairman Bob Voyles and member Alex Valente absent, to allocate $1.25 million to update the footbridge connecting Cumberland Mall to the Cobb Galleria Centre, matching the county’s contribution to the project.
Kim Menefee, CID executive director, said the bridge, built in the 1990s, is overdue for an update…