LaTanya Channel as the new director of economic growth and small business development.

LaTanya Channel 

Two months have passed since Courtney Pogue resigned as Mayor John Cooper’s director of economic and community development after a little more than a year.  

On Thursday, Cooper appointed LaTanya Channel to replace Pogue as the new director of economic growth and small business development, a new name for the role. She will officially begin on Oct. 3.