across the state – one in the suburbs, one in Port
Augusta and one in the CBD. Thank you to all the staff who assisted at the event, helping our residents come together to celebrate. For photos and a wrap up of the events, please turn to page 4 . Speaking of Christmas, thank you to those residents whose beautiful artwork was combined to form the collage on our resident Christmas cards. I also want to update you on our annual resident satisfaction survey. Overall, we’re pleased to see that our services are improving, but we will continue to work on areas that did not score as high, as we are committed to providing great customer service. I would like to thank our residents that spent the time to give us this feedback. We will be sharing the detailed results with you in our next edition of Home Stories along with our action plan based on the feedback you gave us. I look forward to another great year with you all, Kind regards,
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Foreword Lana Johnson Hello and welcome to the summer edition of Home Stories , our first for 2024! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful festive season and found time to recharge and enjoy the warmer weather. Looking back, 2023 sure was a busy year. Housing Choices South Australia finalised the Nightingale Bowden development, as well as commenced a new development at Felixstow. We opened a new community meeting space called Wauwi Inparrila, and managed to deliver a jam-packed schedule of activities to help keep our community connected and active, amongst the day-to-day operations! To finish off 2023, we held three Christmas functions
Lana Johnson Acting General Manager, South Australia
Acknowledgement of Country Housing Choices South Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where this publication is produced, the Kaurna people, and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are part of the Housing Choices community.
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Cover: Joy, Gerry and Robert at the Light Square Christmas Party.
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