Women's Sustainable Development Initiative

What a time we had connecting with the CRE community to celebrate WSDI’s success over the last 3+ years! . Our Community has grown to over 120 aspiring and emerging women developers and we’ve joined forces with Cinnaire for a developers accelerator. . Thank you to Stacy Fox of the Roxbury Group and Ronita Coleman of LJ Golden Realty (and WSDI Community) for sharing your encouraging stories. . Much appreciation to our sponsors! Thank you for supporting our efforts and the growth of women in development. . WSDI is “Breaking Ground,” helping to clear the path for more women developers and more sustainable communities. #womendevelop #womeninCRE #womendevelopers #CRE #realestatedevelopment

It’s been a busy week. It was so nice to see some old friends! Thank you to our sponsors (who can be found here: (https://lnkd.in/eMwJyfRD) and to everyone who came out to celebrate, hear about, and support the work Women's Sustainable Development Initiative has been focused on for the past few years. As Jill Ferrari (She/Her) says, Women Build Communities. The more support we have, the more women we can support and the more communities they can help build. I’m looking forward to several ground breakings and ribbon cuttings in the coming months 😊

Friday the 13th is usually an "unlucky" day where bad things happen, but on this past Friday, September the 13th, Cinnaire Community Connection and Women's Sustainable Development Initiative, we hosted this month's WE Build session and it was a very lucky day for us because Karen A.D. Burton was the presenter! Karen A.D. Burton spoke about construction management principles and practices. She also discussed project delivery methods and understanding different project delivery approaches and software. After Karen presented, the cohort members worked on their elevator pitches. We started at 30 seconds, then 45 seconds and finally one minute. It's amazing how much you can fit in an elevator pitch once you practice it a few times. We discussed the cohort members' wins and challenges for the past month. ShaWanna Gajewski, Tanya Clark, and Karen Hunter, MBA & MS shared a common win as they were awarded with the Cinnaire Community Connection Recoverable Grant for pre-development activities for their developments! The rest of the day was spent working on their developments. It has been a pleasure seeing how far the cohort has come since January! A big thank you to Women's Sustainable Development Initiative for being amazing partners. We missed you all this session Lisa Berden, Brinda Devine, Rachele Downs, and Jill Ferrari (She/Her). I can't believe that we only have two sessions left. I want to thank Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBI) for sharing their space with Cinnaire every month. And of course I have to thank my colleague Jocelyn Moss for her support! #detroit #michigan #cinnaire #wsdi #womendevelopers #realestate #realestatedevelopers #detroitdevelopers #michigandevelopers

Many women in commercial real estate struggle to find a seat at the table. The table where decisions get made about what their companies build, or what gets built in their own communities. This struggle is much harder for women of color. When we set out to launch the Women's Sustainable Development Initiative, a 501(c)(3), our goal was to create a new table. A table for emerging women commercial real estate developers where every voice is heard, everyone is equal and everyone is celebrated. Last week, we hosted our first annual celebration. It was filled with joy as we heard testimony from emerging developers and seasoned developer Stacy Fox of the Roxbury Group. This table is growing. At the event, we launched 100WomeninCRE, our goal to inspire 100 Women in Commercial Real Estate to donate to WSDI this year. Please consider donating and help us build this inclusive, empowering table to serve as many women as possible. Because women don’t just build, they build communities. Karen A.D. Burton Lisa Berden Brinda Devine Lisa Campbell Rachele Downs #womenincre #womenlead #community #neighborhoods #housing #detroit https://lnkd.in/eRHXNSe3

Introducing the 2024 WE Build cohort powered by the partnership of Cinnaire and WSDI - Women's Sustainable Development Initiative! Monique Becker Jordan Yagiela Marria (Taläni) McIntosh Tanya Saldivar-Ali ShaWanna Gajewski Kimle Nailer Ronita Coleman Candus Rucker Karen Hunter Tanya Clarke Big shout outs and thanks to: * Our fabulous guests and panelists, Lisa Johanon, Nya Marshall and Sonya S. Mays *The women of the WSDI Focus Group * The 2024 We Build cohort *Our many WSDI supporters, and our biggest fan, Jason Cole! *Cinnaire and it’s leadership *the Cinnaire Team, Lisa Campbell, Jessica Hinton and Joslyn Moss * the WSDI Board, but especially our fearless, and graceful President, Karen AD Burton. Karen AD Burton Jill Ferrari Rachele Downs Lisa Berden Brinda Devine #WomensEmpowerment #EconomicEmpowerment #EnvironmentalSustainability #CommunityDevelopment #EducationforWomen #EmpowermentInitiatives #Sustainable #womenincre #womenincommercialrealestate #detroitdevelopment