BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV.
Cobb CIDs eye more parks,
trails and greenspace
By Aleks Gilbert
agilbert@mdjonline.com
Cobb is more than just six cities and other unincorporated
areas of the county — it’s also home to three community
improvement districts, or CIDs.
A CID is a self-taxing district established by property owners
to improve local infrastructure and public safety. There
are more than two dozen CIDs in Georgia, according to the
Georgia Municipal Association.
A statewide constitutional amendment to allow CIDs in
Georgia passed in 1984, with the formation of the state’s first
CID, then called the Cobb County Community Improvement
District, beginning the next year. It was officially established
May 1, 1988.
Nearly a decade later, it changed its name to the Cumberland
CID following the formation of the Town Center CID in
the mid-1990s.
Cobb’s newest CID is the Gateway Marietta CID, which
was established in 2014.
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CUMBERLAND
Some basic facts about the original Cobb County CID:
It now counts 190 property owners in its boundaries, each
paying an additional 5 mills to help the area
leverage state and federal dollars to improve
transportation and beautification.
By 2024, it will have raised more than $180
million in its 32-year history and received
$2.5 billion.
Some 3,400 businesses comprising 69,000 jobs are located
in the district, 33% of which are in the high-wage professional
sector, according to director Kim Menefee. It is the
fifth-largest employment center in metro Atlanta.
A number of projects are currently in the works, Menefee
said, including a study of the Paces Ferry corridor, the Akers
Mill Ramp — which is set to begin construction in 2021
— the rehabilitation of a stretch of the Cumberland River
National Recreation Area, expansion of the Bob Callan Trail
and the planning of what Menefee referred to as “Cobb’s version
of the Beltline”– a 3-mile multi-modal trail connecting
The Battery Atlanta, Cumberland Mall, the Galleria Centre
and the Cobb Energy and Performing Arts Centre.
TOWN CENTER
The Town Center CID is located in the central/northwest
region of Cobb just southeast of the city of Kennesaw and
north of the city of Marietta.
It’s been a busy year for the district, according to director
Tracy Rathbone Styf. It was the recipient of two Atlanta
Regional Commission grants, both of which may culminate
in plans to make the area friendlier to pedestrians and local
small businesses.
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