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Georgia self‑storage operators urge change to local property‑tax valuation, cite customer needs and community role
Summary
Owners and the Georgia Self Storage Association told the Small Business Development committee that self‑storage facilities are largely family‑run, serve households in crisis, and urged counties not to value self‑storage using income‑capitalization but rather on building cost less depreciation; presenters offered market data and answered members’ questions on occupancy, climate control and auctions.
Megan, owner of A and G Storage, Cliff Height, president of Space Shop Self Storage and partner at Stein Investment Group, and Jane Sauls, owner‑operator of Little Vine Storage, presented to the Small Business Development Committee on the size, community role and tax concerns of the self‑storage industry.
The presenters said the industry is mostly small, family‑run operations that provide local jobs and serve households in transitional or emergency situations. "We really are small mom and pop," Megan said, describing customers who use storage after death, divorce, displacement, disasters, bankruptcy or military deployment. She highlighted national and Georgia usage statistics — "in 2005, about 8.95 percent of our population used storage. In 2024, it jumped to 12.6 percent," she said — and noted common items stored include mattresses and seasonal decorations.
Why it matters: presenters argued the industry supplies neighborhood employment,…
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