CREW Detroit March 2008 e-news
March 5 “Pavilions of Troy” lunch is sold out; no walk-in
registration
CREW Detroit’s March 5 lunch
program previewing plans for the Pavilions of Troy is sold out, so no last-minute
walk-in registrations can be accommodated.
Detroit’s April 18 CREW Careers™ needs volunteers,
sponsors
Calling all CREW Detroit members: CREW Careers™ Building Opportunities is
coming to downtown Detroit’s Compuware Center
on Friday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This exciting, interactive one-day educational program will introduce up
to 40 high school age girls from the Detroit
Public School’s Career
& Technical Education program to career opportunities in commercial real
estate.
CREW Careers™ needs
members to get involved the day of the
event and to support the event through sponsorship (http://www.crewdetroit.org/crewcareerssponsor.htm). Your sponsorship – no
matter how big or small – will make a huge impact. If you are interested in
giving one Friday and a few hours for a short training course, please contact Alicia Buisst,
CREW Careers co-chair, 734.747.7737; Janet Stevens,
CREW Careers co-chair, 313.253.4757 or Beth Bailey,
curriculum co-chair, 248.336.9989 to determine the best way you can help. There
is a role for each of us in CREW Careers, including opportunities to work
one-on-one with the students. Check the
chapter web site’s “CREW
Careers” tab (http://www.crewdetroit.org/crewcareers.htm) for a brief
explanation of volunteer
opportunities (http://www.crewdetroit.org/docs/CREWCareersPresenterVolunteerList.pdf), how many slots we
will fill and minimum time commitment. Five judges are also needed for the
event. They can be local real estate professionals, politicians or any person
with a good, reputable local profile and/or influence that would add value to
the event. To get involved or sponsor, call us – e-mail us – stop by our
offices if need be! We are working with passion to make this event CREW Detroit’s signature event
for 2008.
2008 CREW Detroit annual sponsorship commitments due
March 31
2008 CREW Detroit annual sponsors must commit by March 31 in order
to be included on the sponsors banner displayed at CREW Detroit programs. For more information, please see CREW Detroit’s 2008 sponsorship
opportunities brochure, which was mailed to members and is also available online (http://www.crewdetroit.org/sponsorcrew.pdf), at upcoming chapter meetings and from
Norma Beuter, chapter administrator, at beuter@comcast.net. CREW offers sponsorship options for every
budget – and all provide a cost-effective way to reach metro Detroit’s real estate decision makers and
support the chapter’s wonderful programs and community work.
New quarterly "Breakfast with
the Board" networking
CREW Detroit’s board is introducing a series of informal
breakfast networking meetings hosted CREW Detroit
board members. The CREW Detroit
membership has been assigned to board members according to their work
locations. Each board member will host quarterly breakfast networking sessions
with this group of members, as a way of getting to know each other and finding
ways to support each other. It's also an opportunity for board members to hear
directly from CREW members about what's working and what's not working, so that
together we can grow the organization. Please join us!
Impact Awards adds third category
The 2008 CREW
Detroit Impact Awards call for entries will open
April 1. New this year: a special
recognition award given at the judges’ discretion for a deserving new or redevelopment
project smaller than 50,000 square feet.
Watch your mail and the web site for more information
about how to submit your successful projects completed between Jan. 1, 2007 and
June 30, 2008.
DEGC seeks Detroit sites for ICSC ReCon
showcase
The Detroit
Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) invites CREW Detroit
members to submit commercial real estate sites in the city of Detroit
to DEGC’s showcase of properties for the
International Council of Shopping Center's (ICSC) annual ReCon
Retail Real Estate Convention in Las
Vegas May 18 through 21. It’s free; participants simply submit
property spec sheets including a photo and their contact information to the DEGC’s Tara Smith, a CREW Detroit member, at tasmith@degc.org. For uniformity and consistency, DEGC
incorporates each property’s individual information into a DEGC marketing piece
designed to showcase sites to national retailers and developers at the
conference. Participants will have an
opportunity to review their information before it goes to print. Not all sites will be selected; “prime” real
estate receives first priority, Smith says.
For more information, contact Tara by e-mail or at 313.237.4626.
ULI Detroit Young Leaders Group 2008 kickoff social
is March 12
The Urban Land Institute
Detroit (ULI) Young Leaders Group is hosting an evening of food, drinks and
networking with other young real estate industry professionals and members of
the ULI Detroit steering committee on Wednesday, March 12, from 5:30 to 8:30
p.m. at The Corner Bar in Birmingham's
Townsend Hotel at 100 Townsend
Street. Learn
about upcoming events, volunteer opportunities and ULI membership at this free
event open to members and nonmembers. Attendees
should bring business cards for a drawing for free ULI memberships and
more. To register, call 800.321.5011 and
mention meeting code 8143-0810 or read more here
(http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Calendar_of_Events&Template=/Conference/ConferenceDescription.cfm&ConferenceID=3366)
.
Add your expertise to CREW Detroit’s media source
list
CREW Detroit
is updating its expert source list for 2008.
This list identifies individual members willing to discuss different
aspects of the commercial real estate industry with the media. It’s a great
opportunity to raise CREW’s profile in southeast Michigan, and to get
some publicity for your business.
The list includes each spokesperson’s name, title, telephone
number(s), e-mail address and – if you’d like – a link to your bio. It will be posted on www.crewdetroit.org under the news tab and
distributed to key reporters. The 2008
expert source list will be organized by topic; for a list of topics, please
click here (http://www.crewdetroit.org/08expertcall.pdf). To participate, please contact Ann Tappan by March
31 at ann@writettpoint.com,
248.705.9654 or fax 248.646.4318 with the personal information specified above
and the topics on which you wish to comment.
Gift card drawing for members bringing guests to CREW
programs
The member services
committee has started a new promotion to encourage members to get the most out
of their CREW Detroit
membership by bringing guests to our monthly programs. Each member who brings a guest to a monthly
programs can put her business card in a bowl for a drawing to win Starbucks (or
other) gift cards. The committee gave away two $15 Starbucks cards at the
February program, and will have two more for the March 5 program. We look forward to seeing you and your
guests at the upcoming CREW Detroit
programs!
Targeting key women in commercial real estate for
membership
In 2008 CREW Detroit will be reaching
out to key women in the commercial real estate area to encourage membership in
our organization. To ensure that we have a diverse base of key women to
contact, the membership committee is gathering input and suggestions from all
of our current members. Please think
about those women who have made a significant impact on you or your profession,
and pass that information along to the membership committee. Please direct names/information to Norma Beuter at beuter@comcast.net, Sandy Sorini
Elser at ssorini@bodmanllp.com, Tina Katikos at tina.katikos@kimball.com or Kathy Weaver at
Katherine_Weaver@ars.aon.com with information.
Thank you for your support of CREW Detroit!
Save the date for Synergy: April 23
The 7th annual
Synergy, Michigan’s annual commercial real
estate conference, is slated for Wednesday, April 23, at the Breslin Center in East
Lansing. CREW
Detroit is again a partner
organization for this one-day event featuring leading edge industry speakers
and the opportunity to earn continuing education credits. Registration is $195 before April 1 and $220. For program and sponsorship details, click here (http://www.synergymichigan.com/)
March 9 Parisian shopping event to
benefit First Step
Join First
Step for an after-hours private shopping event at Parisian in Laurel Park Place
on Sunday, March 9, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
The event features a 20 percent discount on most items, entertainment,
signature food from local restaurants and caterers, and a raffle with a $500
shopping spree and a $500 cash prize.
All proceeds from the tax-deductible ticket and raffle sales will be
used to help victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Tickets may be
purchased at the event door for $30 or at
the First Step office in Plymouth. If you have questions or would like to extra tickets
to sell or a stack of fliers to distribute, please contact Theresa Bizoe at First Step, 734.416.1111 ext. 205. Due to southeast Michigan’s challenging economic conditions,
your support of this event and First Step's mission is more important than
ever.
Upcoming communication
deadlines:
April e-news: April 7 – copy due; April 9 –
blast sent
May e-news: May 5 – copy due; May 7 – blast sent
2nd quarter newsletter: May 12 – copy
due; May 19 – issue sent
June e-news: June 2 –
copy due; June 4 – blast sent
Please send all news/photos to Ann Tappan, communications committee,
ann@writettpoint.com or fax: 248.646.4318