Planning and Community Development

The Town of Cumberland is partnering with American Forests to raise awareness of the relationship between the number of street trees in urbanized areas and social equity, public health, economic development, impacts on our rivers and streams, and quality of life.

Click HERE to access Cumberland’s “Tree Equity Score Analyzer” (TESA) GIS map that shows the tree canopy throughout the Town. It is interactive- you can plant new trees to increase the TESA score, street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood. It is engaging and eye-opening to the value of trees in our community.

The Broad Street Regeneration Initiative is a partnership between Cumberland, Central Falls, Pawtucket, RIDOT, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, the Rhode Island Foundation and a number of other private and public organizations, focusing on maximizing best design practices and economic development opportunities for the $16.5M road reconstruction project scheduled to be completed June 2022. Click here for more information.

The Town has secured a RIDEM grant of $150,000 to hire an environmental consultant to investigate the site to determine how to permanently and safely remediate, cap and close the landfill. The grant also will fund a legal investigation to try and secure Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP’s) to help share the remediating, capping and closure costs. For more information, Click here.