Crewsn.org
Title
C.R.E.W
Description
The CREW Network (formerly known as NNCREW) officially started operations on January 1, 1989. During the 1980s, several independent organizations were formed in various cities in which women involved in the many aspects of commercial real estate joined together to exchange information, develop business contacts, and to help each other succeed professionally. The unique element of these groups was not that they were oriented toward women in a predominantly-male industry (men were also welcomed as members), but that the groups brought together representatives from a wide variety of professions, all of whom were involved in some way with commercial real estate. In 1986, a federation of these groups was being formed on the east coast. The original members of CREW-National (Commercial Real Estate Women-National) were Baltimore, Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland, Philadelphia, Detroit and Washington DC. During the formation of CREW-National, they learned of a similar federation being formed on the west coast called WICRE-National Network (Women In Commercial Real Estate-National Network) with member groups in Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix, San Diego, and San Francisco. Leadership from the two federations met and realized that they were driving toward the same end and were at about the same place in the process. Rather than interrupt the momentum and energy within the two federations, they agreed to complete their separate formations with an eye toward eventually linking together.
