When Cornell Wesley left Birmingham at age 18 to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta, he remembers taking a part of the Magic City with him everywhere he went and was immeasurably proud of the growth of the city when he returned 4 ½ years later in 2021.
Now the city’s executive director of the department of innovation and economic opportunity is preparing to depart again.
After serving in his hometown for nearly 5 years, Wesley, has been named executive director of Prosper Portland, an urban development agency focusing on economic development and is set to begin work there on Monday, August 4. His last day at City Hall is Wednesday July 23…