How Self Storage Can Help Event Planners
When you attend a great event, you rarely think about the choreography happening behind the curtain or after the last guest leaves. Unless, of course, you’re an event planner — an industry that has grown 8.6% per year on average over the five years between 2020 and 2025. It shows no signs of slowing down either, as small businesses and event planners continue to carve out their place across America.
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Self Storage In Birmingham, AL: The Many Ways The Service Can Support The City
Birmingham, AL, is known as the birthplace of the Veterans Day celebration and a place with a low cost of living, incredible natural landscape and so much more. If you’re moving here, there is a lot to consider, from finding housing and a job to getting to know the city. However, an aspect that might fly under the radar when making the transition to Birmingham living is what to do with your belongings until you get settled into your new home. As it happens, self storage is a great service that can help make that transition easier. You can move your household items and more in a storage unit until you move to make moving day more manageable. Renting a self storage unit in Birmingham, AL, costs $96/month.
The Best Local Resources For An Enviable Backyard In San Antonio, TX
Americans are more and more interested in revamping their outdoor spaces, and for very good reasons. Making sure that your backyard is more than some boring lawn and a couple of lawn chairs will stimulate you to spend more time outdoors, relaxing and having fun with your entire family. On top of that, it could even save you time and money in the long run. You’re less likely to go out for dinner if you have a nice outdoor cooking and dining area at home, and you can skip a gym membership if you have a sports-focused corner in your backyard.
Women Use Self Storage More Than Men – But Prefer Smaller Units
A good third of Americans use self storage to compensate for a lack of storage space at home, or to manage life events such as moving or downsizing more efficiently. How, why, and how much people use self storage is, obviously, influenced by their lifestyle and personal needs, or even by where they live. Self storage costs and availability can vary significantly from one city to the other, which can have an impact on the decision of whether to rent a unit or not.
Beyond The White Picket Fence: Edina, MN, Falls Church, VA, & Palo Alto, CA, Emerge As Prime Suburbs For City-Like Lifestyles
The lines between urban and suburban living are getting blurry across the country. People have been seeking the comfort and privacy of suburbs while also craving city-like amenities – and it has driven a massive redesign of the suburban environment.
Extra Space & Life Storage Create US’s Largest Storage Operator
On April 3, leading self storage sector players Extra Space Storage and Life Storage announced they will be combining to form the largest storage operator in the US by number of stores. In the $12.7 billion all-stock deal, the combined entity is being valued at about $36 billion. The context of this is a vibrant self storage sector, with 52.6M square feet of new storage space expected to be delivered in 2023 compared to 37.9M in 2022.
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7 Things To Know About Auburn, WA, Before Moving There
Auburn, Washington, sits at the edge of many good things. Considered part of the Puget Sound region, this city with a population approaching 100,000 has parts in two counties and acts as the boundary between the Seattle-Tacoma urbanized area and the Cascade Range of mountains. On a sunny day, Mount Rainier dominates the city’s skyline. Newcomers to Auburn will find a mix of industries, Native American reservations, and plentiful connections to the wider region. For new and long-time residents alike, Auburn has a little bit of everything.
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