There has been a lot in the news lately about technology, social media, and search engine optimization for businesses. 21st Century Storage, based in Aspen, Colorado, is adding to that news. They recently hired MWI, a SEO and web design firm located in Salt Lake City, Utah, to redesign their website. MWI will also provide SEO and Internet marketing services to 21st Century Storage. [More]

Because of several burglaries in self storage units in Provo, Utah, city police recommend that storage renters take steps to protect their belongings. Provo police Sergeant Mathew Sifufanua stated that using good crime prevention steps reduces the likelihood of being an easy target for a burglar. [More]

Every business knows when they are doing a good job. There are indicators such as efficient and productive business processes, increased revenue, and positive feedback from satisfied customers. So it’s nice when you get a pat on the back for a job well done – especially when it comes in the form of a write-up in Forbes.com. [More]

Extra Space Storage Inc. is continuing to build its strength in the marketplace and recently announced it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of W. P. Carey & Co. LLC to assume management of 19 self storage assets recently purchased by CPA®:17 - Global, one of W. P. Carey's publicly held non-traded REIT affiliates. [More]

Extra Space Storage showed solid growth in its first quarter results and its common stock is selling strong with an over-allotment option being issued yesterday. The company has also announced a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share on its common stock for the second quarter of 2011. [More]

Pipe Spring National Monument Superintendant John Hiscock and Tribal Chairman Timothy Rogers of the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians have announced that a new storage facility, to be used for museum collections and to hold Paiute cultural artifacts, will be opened on the grounds of Pipe Spring National Monument. A grand opening for the facility will be held on Saturday, May 22, at 10 a.m. (Arizona time). The opening celebration will include speakers, tours, and refreshments.

The new storage facility has 4,400 square feet of space, meets LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification requirements, and includes separate storage rooms for collections owned by the National Park Service and by the Paiute. The building also has office space for National Park Service and tribal curators. Although the Kaibab's collection of artifacts is fairly small, the Tribe hopes to expand the collection now that a dedicated, state of the art facility is available in which to store items. [More]

Deseret News reporter Elaine Jarvik has been interested in self-storage for years, since she covered a story on self-storage for the News in 1997. Now she has written a play titled "Self Storage." A staged reading of Jarvik's play, which is 30 minutes long, is being presented at 7 p.m. on March 10, at the Plan-B Theatre, in the Meat & Potato Theater Lab of the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Studio Theatre, at 138 W. 300 South in Salt Lake City, Utah. Seating at the Plan-B Theatre is limited, but free; seats can be reserved in advance. [More]

A renter at Highland Self Storage, in Salt Lake City, Utah accidentally started a fire at the facility on Dec. 29, when he spilled the gasoline he was draining from his motorcycle near a portable heater, which ignited the fuel. The fire quickly got out of control, spreading to wood trusses, engulfing the man's truck, and then igniting other units. The man ran to tell Highland's manager and staff members, but by then there was nothing they could do. Firefighters quickly arrived to combat the two-alarm fire, which damaged approximately 20 self-storage units.... [More]

Federal investigators have seized the car collection of former Utah investment banker Jeffrey Mowen....

Mowen used more than $6 million of the money from his scheme to buy luxury and antique cars and motorbikes. He was storing almost 300 cars, trucks, and motorbikes in storage facilities scattered around Utah. Mowen's cars, which included several replicas (he had replicas of a 1967 Porsche Speedster, a 1931 Ford, a 1925 Ford Woody, a 1937 Ford Opera Limo, and a 2000 Lamborghini, among others), and here an there an odd classic, such as a 1969 Charger, a 1992 Acura NSX and a 1970 GTO Judge. Mowen was also storing a replica of the Harley Davidson motorcycle that Peter Fonda drove in the movie Easy Rider....Although Mowen bought his cars with money from an illegal Ponzi scheme, car collecting is not an unusual hobby. Most people, however, do not have space to store more than one or two cars at their home. There are quite a few storage facilities to choose from in Utah, including Extra Space's own branches. It is best to store cars in a drive-up garage space or drive-up interior space, which would offer protection from the elements and the weather. Extra Space recommends that car owners consider putting a cover over cars in storage. Most Extra Space facilities have car covers available. [More]