Maintaining HIGH Occupancy With a Waitlist: Julie Talks With Dow Rummel Village’s Kjersten Joachim

2025-08-19

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, recently talked with Kjersten Joachim, Executive Director of Sales & Marketing of Dow Rummel Village. Dow Rummel Village is a very large senior living community in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, offering an entry fee model for independent living and a rental model for assisted living and memory care. The community consistently meets and exceeds 95% occupancy - with a long waitlist - and has been like this for over eight years. So how do...

Julie Podewitz, CEO & Founder of Grow Your Occupancy, recently talked with Kjersten Joachim, Executive Director of Sales & Marketing of Dow Rummel Village.

Dow Rummel Village is a very large senior living community in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, offering an entry fee model for independent living and a rental model for assisted living and memory care.

The community consistently meets and exceeds 95% occupancy - with a long waitlist - and has been like this for over eight years.

So how do they do it? Check out this episode of the Grow Your Occupancy Podcast to find out!

Thank you Yardi for generously sponsoring the Grow Your Occupancy Podcast.

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