{"id":2875,"date":"2024-03-27T04:08:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T04:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2024-03-27T06:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T06:07:57","slug":"a-sign-of-a-happy-retirement-village-operator-keytons-annesley-bowral-named-its-village-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/home\/a-sign-of-a-happy-retirement-village-operator-keytons-annesley-bowral-named-its-village-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A sign of a happy retirement: village operator Keyton&#8217;s Annesley Bowral named its Village of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2875\" class=\"elementor elementor-2875\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2036b71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2036b71\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bb669e\" data-id=\"9bb669e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26393af elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26393af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I<strong>f living in the NSW Southern Highlands appeals to you, you may want to check out Keyton\u2019s 73-unit Annesley retirement village in Bowral.<\/strong><\/p><p>Keyton owns and operates 76 retirement villages across Australia and chose Annesley Bowral as its Village of the Year.<\/p><p>&#8220;Bowral put an exceptional event to celebrate their Village of the Year win. We started with champagne in the gardens with all the resident dressed up and eager to tell me why they loved Bowral so much,&#8221; said Keyton CEO Nathan Cockerill, who was on hand to present the award.<br \/><br \/>&#8220;Moving inside for a sit-down lunch the conversation continued around how great the staff were, the gardens and the location. Residents love the new cinema and the overnight stay room. The village has come a long way in the last three years. One resident stood up late in the day and passed a motion that staff at Bowral were to stay and it was unanimously passed.\u00a0 Days like this, spending time with residents and staff go to the heart of why we do what we do.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>He added deciding on a winner for Village of the Year was an &#8220;easy choice&#8221;, and that Annesley Bowral&#8217;s collaboration with residents was the key.<\/p><p><strong>For the award, villages had to meet criteria regarding resident engagement, survey results, sales, leadership, performance, and collaboration.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb065e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb065e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28a6220\" data-id=\"28a6220\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e0b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67e0b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-768x512.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2912\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball-585x390.jpeg 585w, https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Annesley-Village-Manager-Sarah-Dayball.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-878fdff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"878fdff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f6f40d\" data-id=\"4f6f40d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d237d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89d237d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Village manager Sarah Dayball (pictured) said the village was the overall winner of the resident satisfaction survey and had the biggest jump in its net promoter score.<\/p><p><strong>Commercial landscaping services operator SureGreen, the team behind the village&#8217;s gardens, also won a gold medal at the 2023 Landscape Excellence Awards.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If living in the NSW Southern Highlands appeals to you, you may want to check out Keyton\u2019s 73-unit Annesley retirement village in Bowral. 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