Des Moines native Jasmine Brooks has been hired as the executive director of 6th Avenue Corridor Neighborhood Main Street Program. Brooks, a licensed real estate agent, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and her master’s degree in communications and marketing from Drake University. Brooks and husband Darryl Brooks co-founded Brooks Homes. 6th Avenue Corridor is a nonprofit group that is coordinating the commercial revitalization of Sixth Avenue in the River Bend and Cheatom Park neighborhoods. Brooks starts her new position today.