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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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For many Americans, the front porch is an integral part of everyday life. In the warm summer months, we sit on our front porches, sip iced tea, and rock back and forth in oversized rocking chairs. In the colder months, it’s a place to get under cover and shake the snow off your boots before going inside. In every season, those of us with porches spend a lot of time on them.

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2020 Self Storage Facility Sales Activity: Sales Slightly Down But Prices Still Rising

Like other real estate sectors, the US self storage industry experienced the ups and downs of 2020. However, by year end, it eventually proved that the reputation it had built for itself during the last recession as a resilient sector is still valid. Adjustments indeed had to be made, with both concessions and extra safety measures adopted by most operators to ensure close-to-normal operations. But demand continued to be strong, emerging from both traditional sources associated with life-altering events like moving and downsizing as well as new ones such as businesses which needed to re-organize work environments. This allowed the industry to ride out the pandemic-induced challenges better than most.

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NY Is The Most Active Self Storage Market, Followed By PHX Amid A Stronger Than Expected 2020 Development Market

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10 Wall Decor Ideas To Refresh Your Space

Maybe you’ve recently been moved to a remote working job position, or perhaps you’ve gotten tired of your boring living room decor. Change is exciting and it can also refresh your energy and health. If you have decided that it’s time to freshen up your space, there are some really great ways to instantly lift your decor from ‘blah’ to voilà!