Building relationships, rapport, and a true feeling of community is important to resident retention as a whole. Not just resident retention, it also gets residents excited and naturally ready to market your community in an engaging way. When residents feel like they’re a part of something larger than themselves, they can’t wait to tell others about their positive experience. Those individuals they tell will want to get in on the community as well, and it’ll be yours they think of first.

Activities are a natural way to build these relationships and a natural community feeling. With fall right around the corner, 5 fall themed activities you can use to engage your community are:

  1. Host a trick-or-treat night – Nothing gets the community out and enjoying time together quite like a community-wide trick or treat night! Parents and kids can walk around the community as other residents hand out candies to all the dressed up little ones. This can be held on Halloween or the weekend leading up to the official holiday.
  2. Host a pumpkin carving contest – A little friendly competition can really be a great time, and a pumpkin carving contest gives you plenty of instagrammable opportunities to boost your social media marketing. A pumpkin carving contest can have prizes for the top winners, and it can encourage community residents to join up in teams to create even more over the top pumpkins.
  3. Host a yard sale – The changing of the seasons often comes with a need to clear out the old and welcome in the new. Hosting a community wide yard sale not only gets your residents socializing with each other, it also brings new potential leads to your community to experience what you have to offer.
  4. Take a local trip – An excursion or a “field trip” for community members can give them something a bit different than the average community centered activity. A hired bus trip to a local apple orchard, pumpkin patch, or other fall-friendly activity gets residents out and having a good time together.
  5. Have a block party – Cool and crisp fall nights are perfect for bundling up with some cocoa and socializing outdoors. Afterall, that’s why this season is bonfire season, hayride season, and corn maze season. Having a block party to celebrate Halloween or the coming of the new season is an enjoyable way to build a real community feeling.

No season is the wrong season to embrace all your community potential. If you’d like to learn more about community building in fall, contact us at OccupancySolutions.com today.