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The Sustainability Groups of CREW Boston and CREW Miami hosted a virtual information session for participants to learn more details about the Boston Miami Learning Exchange happening in November 2021. Topics included what do you hope to learn, who would you like to meet, and what are we missing from the 4-day Exchange.
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After the mess that was 2020, members attended this virtual event, hosted by CREW Boston’s Entrepreneur Exchange, to get back on track and discuss goal setting and accountability.
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During this virtual event, participants enjoyed a BollyX class while giving back to Stone House, an organization that cares and protects adult and child survivors of domestic abuse and helps them rebuild safe, secure, independent lives of purpose and self-fulfillment. Taught by instructor Nicole Derosiers, BollyX is a Bollywood-inspired dance fitness program that is great for all ages and fitness levels. Participants enjoyed bringing out their inner Bollywood Rockstar while sweating for a good cause. Following the workout, attendees were provided with a chance to network.
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This virtual seminar was all about growing your professional network. Featuring guest speaker Colette Phillips, founder of CPC Communications and Get Konnected!, attendees learned how to build a diverse and inclusive network. Named ‘Boston’s Great Connector’ by Boston Magazine, Phillips discussed the importance of making personal and professional connections that are inclusive and diverse, key to growing any successful business or career.
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At the March luncheon we heard a panel of industry leaders share their perspectives on how technology development and adoption is accelerating in the built environment. The panel was moderated by Tracey Hartford, VP of Client Services, Windover Construction, and panelists included Jit Kee Chin, EVP, Chief Data and Innovation Officer, Suffolk Construction, Leslie Cohen, COO and Head of Asset Management at Samuels and Associates, and Clelia Peters, a venture partner at Bain Capital Ventures, and formerly co-founded MetaProp, a property tech and increasingly construction tech venture.
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On March 11th CREW Boston enjoyed a virtual tour of Bulfinch’s Cambridge Discovery Park, a 27-acre first-class lab and office campus in Alewife’s life science cluster in Cambridge, MA. We heard from project team panelists Mike Wilcox, Director of Leasing at Bulfinch; Molly Heath, Managing Director at JLL; and Eric Weyant, Principal at Stantec on the history of the Arthur D. Little site and its revitalization into a world-class campus, providing a desirable destination for office and lab tenants while including the restoration and preservation of neighboring wetlands and wooded areas.
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At February’s luncheon, Greg Karczewski (President at Union Square Station Associates (US2), Sunayana Thomas (Senior Economic Development Planner at the City of Somerville, and Thanos Matthaie (Associate at DLA Piper LLP (US) presented on both the history and the future revitalization of Somerville’s Union Square.
Greg Karczewski in partnership with development partners, USAA Real Estate and Magellan Development Group were selected back in 2014 by the City of Sommerville to be the Master Developer to lead this 2.4 million SF transit-oriented development and transform Somerville into Boston’s next innovation ecosystem through a concentration of life science and technology companies. The mission was to get companies to start, grow, and stay in Sommerville. After the streetcar went away and no public connectivity existed in and out of Somerville the city found itself a bit lost. The approval and addition of two new green line train stops strategically located on each side of the square was the real catalyst for fostering future development and desirability for companies to make Somerville their headquarters. After years of community outreach, thoughtful planning, and curating the right public/private partnerships , Union Square is prime to become Boston’s next major epi-center for biotech, lab, and life science office space.
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This virtual conversation, led by member Lisa DonFrancesco and hosted by the Entrepreneur Exchange Committee, was a repeat event from 2020. Given the way our lives, schedules, diets, homes, offices, and world in general have changed, Lisa discussed the various ways members can take care of themselves during a global pandemic. She shared her experiences, tricks, and tips for self-care, including her favorite meditation and yoga apps, recipes, and products.
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CREW Boston and the CREW Boston Educational Foundation hosted students from around New England to attend our free, virtual UCREW educational program for undergraduate and graduate students interested in a career in the commercial real estate industry.
The program was free and a wonderful opportunity to learn about careers in commercial real estate from the development of a project (design, acquisition/disposition, commercial lending, tax, law, marketing, title/escrow), network with industry professionals in breakout rooms and more.
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On February 3, 2020, members attended the Public Strategies Committee’s virtual breakfast to hear from an esteemed panel of CREW Boston members that are active in their local government. The panelists described how they first became involved in local government, which included stories of connections made through youth sports programs and neighborly conversations while shoveling snow. Each of the panelists described the benefits of participation in local government, including valuable experience with public speaking, more active involvement in their community as a whole and have a voice in what/how things are accomplished, and a chance to give back to the communities they care about. The panelists also provided some practical advice for CREW members who need to interact with local government, stressing the importance of understanding and respecting the role of local government staff, and being mindful that communications over all platforms are part of the public record. The conversation included a great discussion with the audience, culminating with panel members articulating the powerful role that CREW Boston has played in their careers
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