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138 negative retirement village news articles this year
Apr 14 2011
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The Weekly Source

In his RVA presentation, SAE Creative’s MD Chris Rooke highlighted the negative press coverage of villages in the first 3 months this year quoting the 138 stories nationally. This is the equivalent of 50 meters of tabloid press. He valued it to the equivalent of $4 million in paid adverting critical of the village product offering.

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