Finley Named Africatown Redevelopment Leader

The Africatown Redevelopment Corp. Board of Directors has chosen local attorney Karlos Finley to serve as its first executive director, NBC15 reported. The nonprofit was created by the Alabama Legislature in 2021 to revitalize Mobile’s historic Plateau community, also known as Africatown; preserve its history; and develop its commerce. Finley has practiced law for more than 20 years and served as a City of Mobile Municipal Court judge from 2015-2022. He is also a former Mobile County assistant district attorney and served in the U.S. Coast Guard for five years. The appointment is effective immediately, and the board is holding an “Executive Director and Board ‘Meet & Greet’” for the community on December 6 at 4:30 p.m. at the Robert L. Hope Community Center in Mobile.