Downtown Cumming Landscape Changes

The landscape of downtown Cumming has changed forever.

Demolition that began in January on several structures including the parking deck once located at the intersection of East Main Street and Mason Street across from the Dairy Queen is complete. The empty lot is the site of the future new Forsyth County Courthouse.

See video of empty lot where structures once stood.

During the regular meeting on Thursday, March 7, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners approved the naming of the buildings. The new Courthouse will be called the "Forsyth County Courthouse" and the existing Courthouse will be called the "Forsyth County Courthouse Annex."

Meanwhile the project remains on schedule with construction tentatively expected to begin in July, according to Jodi Gardner, spokesperson for the county.

"Plans call for the new courthouse and new jail to be completed by the end of 2014," she said.

The new courthouse and jail projects were approved by Forsyth County voters in November 2011 as part of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) VII program.

Industrial Facilities Solutions, LLC was responsible for the demolition.

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