2019 Sioux Falls Wreath Donation
For the last 16 years, Helen Ganske, Property Manager in Sioux Falls, SD, has been visiting the local VA hospital to give away holiday wreaths. On December 12, 2019, Helen and the rest of the staff at our Sioux Falls properties joined her in handing out the wreaths. They received donations from their vendors to give away 210 wreaths, worth $2,879 to the local veterans. The wreaths were decorated by the residents at Canterbury Apartments (properties/canterbury-sioux-falls.html) and Beadle Plaza Apartments (properties/beadle-plaza-sioux-falls.html) in Sioux Falls, SD with some help from the staff members. Our staff and residents spent approximately 80 hours decorating the wreaths. Thank you to our residents and staff who took the time to help! Kristin Hendrickson of the VA in Sioux Falls says, “Thank you for coming out and spreading cheer to Veterans! They love your wreaths. In fact, we start getting calls at the beginning of December to see when you will be coming!” We would like to thank our Sioux Falls team for their hard work, dedication and giving hearts to their community. Also, thank you to our amazing vendors who made this event possible. Thank you to: Johnston Painting, Thornton Flooring (https://www.thorntoncarpets.com/) , Servicemaster (https://www.servicemastersf.com/) , Advanced Pest Solutions (https://www.pestsolutionssd.com/) , J&S Construction, Karl’s TV (https://www.karlsonline.com/) , Kut and Kill (https://www.kutandkill.com/) , Mops to Brooms Cleaning.
Turn & Learn 2019
On November 12th & 13th, Thies & Talle Management gathered for our annual Turn & Learn Conference and Holiday Party. During the conference, our Market Rate Leasing, Property Manager and Regional Manager teams enjoyed sessions led by Lisa Trosien (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-trosien/) . Lisa gave us inside tips and tricks on leasing apartments, customer service and marketing. Lisa had us on our feet, laughing like crazy and left us feeling empowered with more knowledge than we ever thought was possible. Thank you, Lisa! Our Maintenance team spent the day with Gordy & Tom of Park Supply of America (https://www.parksupplyofamerica.com/) . Our Maintenance Technicians were able to learn the ins and outs of boilers, furnaces and plumbing. They are all geared up for the winter season and the heat issues that could arise. Thank you, Gordy & Tom! Our Affordable Property & Regional Managers spent the day with our Compliance Team Members, Kent Mortimer, Kris Nelson, Candi King & Stefani Dobbelaire. They learned about new procedures for submitting paperwork and how to maximize their workflow. Thank you, Kent, Kris, Candi & Stefani! That evening we were pleased to honor our team members who had service anniversaries, MADACS (https://www.mmha.com/Networking/MADACS) nominees and winners, Safety Award winners and Property of the Year nominees and winners! The nominees for Property of the Year: Affordable were Afton View (properties/afton-view-st-paul.html) , Cedar Terrace (properties/cedar-terrace-st-cloud.html) , Circle Pines (properties/circle-pines-apts--brainerd.html) and York Manor (properties/york-manor-senior-breckenridge.html) . Congratulations to the York Manor (properties/york-manor-senior-breckenridge.html) team, led by Janelle Meslow, for being awarded Property of the Year! The nominees for Property of the Year: Market Rate were Parkwood Heights (properties/parkwood-heights-burnsville.html) , Riva Ridge…
MADACS 2019
Thies & Talle Management (https://www.thiestalle.com) is pleased to announce that we had six MADACS nominations this year! The purpose of the MADACS awards is to recognize property management professionals who have made significant contributions to multi-housing marketing and management through exemplary achievements. The annual MADACS awards gala, held Friday, September 6, is the most popular, prestigious event on the Minnesota Multi Housing Association’s (https://www.mmha.com/) calendar and celebrates positive, innovative, community and industry-enhancing accomplishments. We would like to congratulate all of our nominees and thank them for their hard work! A very special Congratulations goes out to Kati Cartier and Curtis Krone for their MADACS wins! Nominees: Kati Cartier Sun Cliffe Apartments (properties/sun-cliffe-st-paul.html) (St. Paul, MN) Caretaker Curtis Krone Elk Ridge Manor (properties/elk-ridge-manor-elk-river.html) (Elk River, MN) Abbey Field Townhomes (properties/abbey-st-francis.html) (St. Francis, MN) Riverside Apartments (properties/riverside-princeton.html) (Princeton, MN) Woodview Apartments (properties/woodview-zimmerman.html) (Zimmerman, MN) Maintenance: Multiple Sites Salisha Mohammed Cutters Grove Apartments (properties/cutters-grove-anoka.html) (Anoka, MN) Leasing Consultant Tanya Reed Woodcrest Manor Senior Apartments (properties/woodcrest-manor-mora.html) (Mora, MN) Community Manager: Senior Danielle Toresdahl Parkwood Heights Apartments (properties/parkwood-heights-burnsville.html) (Burnsville, MN) Rustic Lodge Apartments (properties/rustic-lodge-apartments.html) (Minneapolis, MN) Community Manager: Multiple Sites Kelly Wark Ramsey Village Townhomes (properties/ramsey-duluth.html) (Duluth, MN) Community Manager: Market Rate
National Night Out 2019
On August 6, 2019, Thies & Talle communities participated in National Night Out by hosting block party style events for their residents. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes and enhances police and community partnerships to make our neighborhoods great places to live. This event promotes strong relationships between neighbors, law enforcement and property staff. Our communities had parties with cotton candy machines, bouncy houses, food drives, live music, prizes and great food. Many properties also had visits from police officers, firefighters and other local emergency personnel. Office staff start planning their National Night Out events months in advance, as there are many details to work out and reservations of equipment to be made. We would like to thank all of our staff for their hard work and GREAT parties that they planned! We can’t wait for National Night Out 2020!
Highwood Hills Recreation Center Re-opens
After being closed for more than 10 years, the Highwood Hills Recreation Center has finally re-opened its doors. In 2008, St. Paul, MN mayor, Chris Coleman, closed the doors to 8 rec centers due to budget cuts. Our residents at Afton View and Shamrock Court have been asking for a gathering space for years. A resident of Afton View, Amin Omar, worked hard to get the doors back open. He worked with Councilmember Jane Prince, The Police Athletic League and now Mayor Melvin Carter to make this dream a reality. On April 1st, 2019, the Highwood Hills Recreation Center re-opened its doors to the community. The community’s youth can now participate in many activities that are ongoing at the rec center including, cooking classes, dodge ball, arts & crafts, karaoke and many others. We hope to use the space with other organizations in the future to provide services to our residents and community members.
Annual Sioux Falls Wreath Donation
For the last 15 years, Helen Ganske, Regional Property Manager in Sioux Falls, SD, has been visiting the local VA hospital to give away holiday wreaths. On December 13, 2018, Santa Claus and the staff at our Sioux Falls properties joined her in handing out the wreaths. They received donations from their vendors to give away 225 wreaths to the local veterans. The wreaths were decorated by the residents at Canterbury Apartments in Sioux Falls, SD with some help from the staff members. Thank you to our residents and staff who took the time to decorate these beautiful wreaths! Helen says, “I feel like it is so important to give back to our Veterans in any way possible. Believe me, it is very rewarding for us just to see the joy in their faces when we give them the wreath.” We would like to thank our Sioux Falls team for their hard work, dedication and giving hearts to their community. Also, thank you to our amazing vendors who made this event possible. Thank you to: PPG Paint, Best Choice Cleaning, S&B Painting, Thornton Flooring, Servicemaster, Advanced Pest Solutions and J&S Concrete. [
Riva Ridge – High School Apartment Tour
On Wednesday, January 31st, 2018, a group of students and staff from SouthWest Metro High School stopped by Riva Ridge (properties/riva-ridge-shakopee.html) , located in Shakopee, MN. This wasn’t any ordinary apartment tour, Rose O’Shaughnessy, the Property Manager at Riva Ridge (properties/riva-ridge-shakopee.html) , gave the students a lesson on finding an apartment! Rose first took them around the property, showing the students the common areas, amenities, and then they also toured both a one and two bedroom apartment. After the tour, Rose sat down with the students to go over all of the typical paperwork needed to rent an apartment. She also went over typical requirements that management companies have when renting apartments. The students had lots of great questions for Rose. A big thank you to the students and staff members at SouthWest Metro High School for coming out to tour Riva Ridge. Also, a big thank you to Rose for making this experience happen!
South Dakota Multi Family Housing - Michelle Wagner
Each year, the South Dakota Multi-Housing Association (https://sdmha.com/index.php?bypassCookie=1) holds its annual Walk of Stars event. The Walk of Stars event recognizes award winners from six different award categories. Those categories are; Associate Member/Service Professional, Independent Rental Owner, Large Property Owner or Management Firm, Property Management Professional, Maintenance Personnel, and Resident. Nominations are made by other staff members and then nomination letters are written to hide the identity of the nominee so that there is no bias during judging. This year Mary Russell (Springbrook Estates (properties/springbrook-sioux-falls.html) ) and Michelle Wagner (Canterbury (properties/canterbury-sioux-falls.html) & Baha Apartments (properties/baha-sioux-falls.html) ) were nominated for the Property Management Professional award. Congratulations to Michelle Wagner who was this year’s Property Management Professional Award winner! Michelle said that she was “beyond shocked” that she won this award. Michelle would like to thank her husband Dan and her kids for loving her career and her residents as much as she does. Michelle would also like to thank Helen Ganske (Sioux Falls Regional Manager (about/our-people/helen-ganske.html) ) for the nomination and for making sure Michelle was surprised for her award win! Congratulations Michelle!
Sioux Falls VA Wreath Donation
On December 14th, 2017, our team in Sioux Falls, SD took holiday wreaths to the Sioux Falls VA Medical Center. The team members distributed wreaths to Veterans that were around the VA Medical Center for a doctor’s visit and delivered wreaths to the some of the patients. In total, the Sioux Falls team distributed and handed out 200 wreaths. The 200 wreaths were decorated by the residents at Canterbury Apartments (properties/canterbury-sioux-falls.html) , located in Sioux Falls, SD. In total, it took the Canterbury residents around 40 hours over a couple of months to decorate the wreaths. Thank you to all of the residents who helped decorate the wreaths! Thank you to all of the Thies & Talle staff members who helped decorate, transport, and handout the wreaths! The VA wreath donation event was setup by our very own Helen Ganske (about/our-people/helen-ganske.html) , Sioux Falls Regional Manager, who has been coordinating this event for the past 15 years. For the past 30 years, Helen has been very involved in the Sioux Falls community, she also helps out at The Banquet (https://thebanquetsf.org/) , The Mission (https://www.ugmsf.org/programs_meals.htm) , & St. Francis House (https://stfrancishouse.com/) . Helen started the wreath donation event as a way to give back to Veterans, but to also honor her husband, father, brothers, & nephew who are all Veterans. A special thank you goes out to all of our amazing vendors who made this event possible. Thank you to: Advanced Pest Control (https://pestsolutionssd.com/index.html) , Kut N Kill (https://kutandkill.com/) , Pivot Companies (https://pivotsd.com/painting) , S&D Johnston Painting, Karl's TV (https://www.karlsonline.com/) , Thornton Carpets (https://www.thorntoncarpets.com/) , Best Choice Carpet Cleaning (https://www.siouxfallsbestchoice.com/) , J & S Concrete (https://jandsconcreteinc.com/) , PPG Paints…