CREW Careers comes to Detroit on April 18

CREW Careers™: Building Opportunities is an interactive, one-day “real estate 101” program designed to introduce teenage girls to the many career opportunities available in the commercial real estate industry.

On April 18, CREW Detroit will bring CREW Careers to 40 girls from the Detroit Public School system’s Career & Technical Education program. The event will begin with a walking tour and commercial real estate “scavenger hunt” in downtown Detroit. In the afternoon, the girls will compete for prizes as they form project teams and plan the redevelopment of a real, vacant high-rise office building. The competition will conclude with a visit from the property’s actual owner and developer and a guided hardhat tour of the construction site.

when
Friday , April 18 • 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tenative schedule here

where
Compuware Center
One Campus Martius, Detroit
Directions here

sponsor
Your sponsorship – no matter how big or small – will make a huge impact. Learn more from Norma Beuter or here.

volunteer
Read descriptions of volunteer opportunities here.

We need members to get involved the day of the event. If you are interested in giving one Friday (April 18) and a few hours for a short training course, please contact Beth Bailey or a co-chair (see quick links at right) to help you determine the best way you can help.

background
CREW Careers™ was developed by CREW Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CREW Network, and is designed to encourage more women to pursue careers in commercial real estate, typically a male-oriented profession. The program was launched in Dallas in 2004 and taken across North America in 2005. In 2008, CREW Careers™ will grow to 28 cities nationwide to reach more than 1,200 student participants.

The CREW Careers™ program is a response to a study that CREW conducted that documented a lack of parity between men and women in the field.