My inspiration comes from the Denver Chalk Art Festival. (http://www.denverchalkart.com) Contact your local High School and college art department. Have local businesses donate prizes for the contest.
Have an area set up for the HS artists and another area for colleges artist. Set up a special area for the residents of your community~~especially a children’s area!! This will get folks to travel all over your property.
Have residents volunteer to help as community ambassadors and show folks around. Find someone with a Hot Dog Cart that can go through out the community. In the club house have light refreshments for your guests.
Call the newspaper and TV stations. Pictures and free air time is always a plus.
Supply sidewalk chalk for the kids on your property.
Give away chalk boards and chalk to prospects~~of course they will be customized to your property.
Decorate a community golf cart in fun and bright colors then drive circles throughout the property with a cooler filled with icy treats. Hand them out to residents as they pass by or come home from work for a nice cool surprise for your residents as they come home from a long hard day at the office. A boombox with an Ice Cream Truck song plays repeatedly as you make your rounds for an hour or until the treats are gone. This is a quick and easy event on a hot summer day, particularly for properties with kids! Wear your community logo t-shirt or polo, wear that so you can obtain the highest visibility for your community.
My community is currently hosting a food drive for our local food bank. The leasing office did a little research to see which organizations were in need of donations for the holidays. It was easy to get the information for our local food bank and setup minor details such as picking up the food barrel & arranging for a pick-up at the end of the drive. We made flyers to pass out to each home and post throughout the community. The food bank also had tools online such as what items they needed and posters we could print out for free. To 'up the ante' a bit we also organized a raffle to go with it. For each item that is brought into the office the resident's name will go into the raffle one time. Winners will be chosen at random and receive a $25 gift card (or any prize that works for your community). The food drive raffle will be going on throughout the month of November. We have more than a week yet and an almost full barrel!
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