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Prosper Portland director vows community-centered TIF work, cites small-business supports for struggling storefronts
Summary
At a Sept. 9 Arts and Economy Committee meeting, new Prosper Portland Executive Director Cornell Wesley outlined priorities including Tax Increment Financing that centers community input, a small-business 'critical repair' program for storefront damage, and attention to Gateway and working-waterfront neighborhoods.
Cornell Wesley, the new executive director of Prosper Portland, told the City Council’s Arts and Economy Committee on Sept. 9 that his agency will center community input in redevelopment projects and accelerate small-business support programs aimed at keeping storefronts and legacy businesses open.
Wesley, introduced to the committee at its morning meeting, said Prosper Portland will operate from “customer service, efficiency, effectiveness, [and] accountability,” and described Tax Increment Financing — a tool Prosper uses for redevelopment — as “just a tool” that must be applied so “the impact will be, to their benefit and not to their detriment.”
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