Construction Writers Association Announces 50th Anniversary Celebration
February, 2007
(BUFFALO GROVE, IL) The Construction Writers Association's 50th anniversary celebration will culminate in 2008. The association has introduced a special anniversary logo to highlight the association's successes over the past 50 years. The logo was introduced at the association's World of Concrete reception and will be used through 2008.
CWA was incorporated in the state of New York in 1958. It was founded as an outgrowth of an informal gathering of construction magazine and newspaper editors and writers covering the 1956 meeting of the Highway Officials of the Atlantic States in Atlantic City, NJ. CWA's organizational meeting, at which the first officers were elected, was held at the Stevens Hotel (now the Conrad Hilton) during the January 1957 meeting of the Associated Equipment Distributors in Chicago. CWA used the incorporation date to establish its official birthday, its 50th, in 2008.
CWA is a non-profit, non-partisan, international organization for professional journalists, editors, photographers, marketers and publicists serving the information needs of the construction industry. The group strives to provide educational and networking benefits to its members. Nearly 300 people belong to CWA.
Formal meetings are held twice a year. The CWA Annual Meeting and Journalism and Photography Awards Dinner is usually held at the beginning of May in Washington, D.C. The CWA Midyear Meeting takes place in Chicago, usually in October. It features an Awards Dinner with presentation of the CWA Website and Electronic Awards and the CWA Marketing Communications Awards. These meetings provide members with both networking and educational opportunities.
In addition to regular meetings, the group holds occasional receptions and events at national industry meetings and trade shows.
CWA News, the association's newsletter informs membership about current activities of the association and its members, announces important industry developments, publicizes upcoming industry meetings and lists job opportunities.
The association's website, www.constructionwriters.org, features association information, an industry calendar of events, help wanted, extensive industry links, and more.
For information:
Deborah J. Hodges
Executive Director
P.O. Box 14784
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Telephone 773 687-8726
Fax 773 687-8627
info@constructionwriters.org