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             El Paso, Texas, National Self Storage is acting as a drop-off location for a uniform-swap charity drive for students headed back to school.

            This is the Third Annual School Uniform Swap and this Saturday will enable families to recyle old school uniforms to ease some samily finiancial issues.

            This event was initiated three years ago by a daring group of parents from the Horizon City Lions Clud. Last year with the swap drawing 400 families!

             Gently used uniforms can be dropped off at three National Self Storage locartions. The swap will run 8 a.m.to 11 a.m. at Eastlake High School.

Governor Rick Perry of Texas sign a bill on Friday that modernizes the state’s 30 year-old self storage lien law. The Texas Self Storage Association ( TSSA) actively participated in this year’s legislative session to support changes to the Chapter 59 foreclosure process affecting self-storage operators in Texas.

The new law, that becomes effective January 1, will:

-          Allow the use of verified mail or e-mail instead of the currently required Certified Mail to send the required foreclosure seizure/claim notice.

-          Require specific notice to military customers asking them to identify themselves as active duty, thereby providing additional safeguards for service members.

-          Incorporate special foreclosure processes for vehicles and boats into Chapter 59 instead of the current separate section of the property code subject to changes intended for mechanics liens.

John Carona, Senator and chairman of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee, filed Senate Bill 690. Sid Gill, State Representative also filed an identical companion bill in the House, House Bill 1259. Both of these men worked with TSSA to ensure passage of the bill, with some amendments along the way.

In more than 15 years this is the first time that the TSSA has actively participated into the legislative fray to lobby for a specific bill. The TSSA reported in a press release that the process of this bill had gone relatively smooth.

Storage Express of Lancaster, California will be hosting a customer-appreciation day and charity yard sale on July 9, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. This “Super Sale” is open to the public and people interested in selling goods can rent storage space for the day for $10 to $20, with all the proceeds being donated to the Children’s Bureau.

This event will include free food, prizes and entertainment. Storage Express will also be putting $1,000 into an empty unit and then person who rents that unit will win the cash.

The president of Storage Express, Rob Martin says “We’re really excited about our annual Super Sale in July. This year is extra special because we’re also celebrating our 10-year anniversary.”

Children’s Bureau aims to change the lives of at-risk children by providing abuse-prevention and- treatment services of the children in Antelope Valley.

June 25, the 26th Annual Hunger Walk, hosted by the Greater Food Depository will be held. LifeStorage Centers LLC employees will be partcipating in this 5K walk which will begin at Soldier Field and registration will be at 7 a.m. and the step off at 8:15 am. Life Storage with six facilities in Chicago and 11 in the suburbs, will also be collecting food donations year around for the Food Pantry of Rich Township. The Greater Chicago Food Despository is a nonprofit food distribution and training center which distributes donated and purchased food though a network of 650 pantries, soup kitchens and shelters up to 678,000 adults and children in the Cook County every year.

The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce held their traditional ribbon cutting ceremony for the city’s newest business: UPS. The San Marcos UPS has 24 hour pick up and shipping, as well as copying and printing services. The UPS Store also has a storage facility  (AAA Self Storage) and U-Haul Truck rentals.

Sierra Self Storage in Madera, California has been sold to private investors for $950,000. The facility is on the smaller side with almost 270 units, boat, and RV storage. The facility is one story and can be found near Hwy 99 on Golden State Blvd. Sierra Self Storage held an 80% occupancy rate, and the new investors plan to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to bring in more tenants. The facility will also be re-named Madera Self Storage.

Broker Carl Touhey of Performance Self Storage Group completed the sale after 1+ years of being on the marketing with other brokerage firms.

Performance Self Storage group is headquarted in Redwood City, CA and they focus on selling and marketing self storage businesses.

Berkeley, California is home to the prestigous Cal University, one of America’s top public institutions. Every year thousands of high school and junior college students apply to UC Berkeley in hopes to attend the university in the Fall. Intense competition only allows top students admission to the university. The city is known as a “college town” and many local businesses support the school’s athletic and academic programs. When moving to Berkeley for a college experience or a simple relocation, there are several self storage facilities to choose from. Since Cal’s students come from all over the nation and world, many return home during the summer months and must store their goods to avoid expensive shipping costs back to their hometown. Berkeley Self Storage, Public Storage, and Extra Space Storage seem to be the favorites amongst college students.

A-American Self Storage’s Chairman, Ed Olson has entered into a land preservation agreement with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust in order to protect 2,000 acres from retail, home, or business land development. Roads and power lines will not be permitted either. 1276 acres in the Oahu Waianae mountains and and 907 acres in the Big Island’s Kau district will be protected under this agreement. The land is currently occupied by local ranchers.

Extra Space will be taking over the four A-American Self Storage facilities in Hawaii.

Budget Self Storage located in Richmond, California is now offering online reservation and payment services. You will no longer have to waste postage or gas when making your storage rent payments. Budget’s online payment system currently accepts Visa and Mastercard payments. They are also offering several online discounts and specials.

Budget Self Storage has several affiliate storage facilities throughout California such as Camarillo Self Storage in Camarillo, CA, High Street Bridge Self Storage in Oakland, CA, and Hermosa Self Storage in Hermosa Beach, CA.