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.

The Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball play their games at Truist Park, which is located in Cumberland.

A decade later, the first office tower of Cobb Galleria was built on 86 acres (350,000 m2) of prime space in what became the heart of the Cumberland district.

[3][4][5] 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.

Akers Mill Road starts in the east at Powers Ferry, is broken by a stretch of Cumberland Boulevard, then continues west across 41.

CobbLinc, Marietta/Cobb County's Transit System serves the District in addition to one MARTA bus line making connections at the Cumberland/Galleria Transfer station.