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Elias Hired to Lead Renew Moline

A woman who grew up in the Quad Cities will be the next leader of Renew Moline, the public-private partnership that promotes development in the city. Alexandra Elias will take over June lst, and replace Janet Mathis who resigned last year.

After graduating from Davenport Central High School, Elias attended the University of Iowa, then the University of North Carolina, where she earned a master's degree in city and regional planning. She has worked for the past nine years for the city of San Diego, and its downtown redevelopment agency. 

Renew Moline was founded in 1989, and since then has helped bring 350 million dollars worth of private investment to the city. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.