Compass Self Storage, LLC, is at it again. It is projected that they will continue along in this same manner in the foreseeable future. And what is it that they are doing again? Why growing, that’s what – and growing at a remarkable rate.

The company has recently purchased a self storage property in Memphis, Tennessee, at 6780 Country Park Drive. [More]

Graduation for seniors in high school is a big event. Many high schools provide the graduates with fun graduation activities after the graduation ceremonies area over. Westy Self Storage in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, is helping Ramsey High School with their upcoming senior gala by donating storage space for all of the gala materials. [More]

Storm Sandy filled homes, roads, and cars with sand and water. The water is gone but the sand remains. Homes were destroyed or seriously damaged. Now, soggy belongings, garbage, and debris that used to be furniture are piled high in city streets. And winter is relentlessly marching in. [More]

In President Lyndon Johnson's State of the Union address in 1964, he declared an unconditional war on America's poverty. He challenged citizens to step up and do what they could to help out. A group of concerned people in Orange County, New York, decided to act on Johnson's plea and in 1965 they formed the Regional Economic Community Action Program (RECAP). Their mission was to mobilize and coordinate public and private resources to fill the needs of low-income people within the county. [More]

Today is an important day in the news. Not only is it election day here in the United States, there is a lot of action going on in the self storage industry. Here's a roundup of only three items in today's news. [More]

Shoes. Here in the United States, many of us have a closet full of them. We take them for granted. We don’t give them a second thought. We have access to them, we have money for them, we don’t consider them a luxury. Not so for others around the world. [More]

Zippy Shell is working with Franchise Clique to find entrepreneurs who are looking for a new franchise opportunity. Together, they are creating a campaign to target those entrepreneurs.

"Zippy Shell is a great franchise concepts," says Franchise Clique CEO David Schwartz. "It combines the standard do-it-yourself moving model with the ease and convenience of having a trained professional do the moving or the storing for you." [More]

Several years ago, I read where a cook at a hotel restaurant on Bali went way above and beyond his duties and provided exceptionally fabulous customer service.

This man was a head cook for a restaurant at a hotel on Bali. One family who made reservations to stay at the hotel had a young son who had milk allergies. The boy could only drink goat’s milk. The boy’s mother had packed his special goat milk but the airline lost their luggage and thus lost the goat’s milk. [More]

Access Self Storage in Franklin, New Jersey, held a car wash fundraiser at the first of June to raise money for the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Inc. (RBARI). A guest of honor attended the fundraiser – a guest that had a most unusual and remarkable story.

Daniel, the guest of honor, was a dog that survived euthanasia. [More]

Warm weather. Food. Friends. Music. Fun and games. Carnival rides. This and much, much more will be part of the MayFest held in Maplewood, New Jersey. It’s an annual event that the community looks forward to and enjoys. Festival organizers anticipate that between 4,000 to 5,000 people will attend.

Weather permitting, the Fest will be held May 20. If there is inclement weather it will be held the following week on May 27. The Fest will run from 12 noon until 5:00 p.m. [More]