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All Aboard Employees Honored & in the News

In the past month a few of our employees have made it in the local newspaper!

We’re proud to announce that Paul Bates, our Digital Analytics Manager for All Aboard Properties, made the news for being a Daytona Beach News-Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honoree! The banquet honoring all 40 Under 40 honorees was held at The Shores Resort in Daytona Beach Shores where CEO Andy Clark attended in support of Paul.

The 40 Under 40 honor is a selection by the staff at Daytona Beach News-Journal for 40 people under the age of 40 years old for their accomplishments professionally and in the community based on nominations from readers and staff.

Paul Bates has worked at All Aboard Properties for just over a year and his story was featured in the Volusia & Flagler Business Report:

Also in the news recently were two employees including Cheryl Langley who recently received a promotion to Property Manager of All Aboard Storage Ormond Depot and the announcement of our new hire Susan Winters as a Property Co-Manager.

We strive to create a feeling of giving back in our employees by encouraging community service and holding events such as our Feeding Children Everywhere. Having employees that want to make their community a better place to live is a high priority to us, because employees that care about their job, care about our customers.

Again, congratulations to our employees and we look forward to many more announcements like this!

Andy Clark – Company History & Overcoming Adversity

Our CEO, Andy Clark, recently presented at 1 Million Cups Daytona on the topic “Company History & Overcoming Adversity”. Several entrepreneurs, community leaders, and even quite a few All Aboard Properties employees attended the presentation held at Cinematique Theatre off of Beach St. in Downtown Daytona.

So what goes into building a lasting company? Some businesses start with an idea from one person. Others might start off with a group of people coming together with a common goal.

In our case, All Aboard Properties began as Clark Properties in 1952 from the hard work and dedication of Douglas Clark, who began building houses in Illinois, and then moved down to Florida, bringing with him the passion to keep building properties. The family business began to slowly grow over the decades and continues to this day as a family business with Doug’s son, Andy Clark, at the helm and continuing to grow the company.

Much of the Port Orange area would probably look very different if the Clark family had not moved down and gotten involved in real estate. It’s only natural that when you live in an area, you want to improve that area and make it nice for you and everyone else living in that area.

All Aboard Storage started becoming the company’s focus in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s and is now the main driver of the company with a goal of opening 1 new local storage facility a year.

Being an entrepreneur and building a business (even a family business) is not always an easy thing and comes with ups and downs. Some things that make Andy Clark’s story different and compelling is the plane crash that changed their lives, the death of his father in 2009, and the painful recession that all happened at the same time.

If you haven’t heard the story, it’s well worth it to watch his presentation below:

(the entire presentation was recorded, but a few minutes on the end got cut off due to the camera)

Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Eas8cmMuTUw

Interview with Andy Clark on Self-Storage

Our CEO, Andy Clark, was in the Sunday edition of the Daytona Beach News-Journal with a large article right on the front page of the business section!

The tagline reads “Getting the job done: Keys to business success” and a title of “Clark sees growing demand for self-storage centers”. The article talks briefly about the purchase of the S.R. Perrott beverage distribution facility in Ormond Beach, which will soon be a local All Aboard Storage facility.

Business writer, Bob Koslow, gets into the Clark family history with Andy of being in the self-storage industry and has several key questions from past and future family business ventures. Check out the article at the Daytona Beach News-Journal:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20160131/NEWS/160139912/0/

Topics covered include:

How did your family get into the self-storage business?
With 15 facilities, are you the dominant self-storage company in Volusia County?
Is the self-storage industry closely tied to the home real estate market?
Have you seen demand rise locally?
What’s your growth goal?
Why add another Ormond Beach location?
A comparison of the S.R. Perrott renovation and the Sunshine Park Mall project.
When will storage space at your newest Ormond Beach location be ready to rent?

Here at All Aboard Storage, we’re continually improving our processes and making sure our customers are served to the best of our abilities. Do a search for a local All Aboard Storage near you and reserve a unit from the comfort of home!

We have future plans for more local storage, but we always keep customer service as the foundation of our company.

All Aboard Storage – We Have Space for You!

Introducing Sunshine Depot Newspaper Article

Our newest storage facility, Sunshine Depot in South Daytona, made it into the Daytona Beach News-Journal!

On the front page of the Business section on Sunday is an article titled “Sunshine Park Mall name to stay” and a little lower is our mention “Introducing Sunshine Depot” as an add-on to the main article. Check it out:

http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20151205/COLUMNS/151209703

Mentioned in the article are details on the massive size of our local storage facility at 70,594 square feet and boasting an impressive 442 climate-controlled units to serve the greater Daytona Beach area’s need for self-storage.

If you’re in the area, be sure to come to our Grand Opening Party & Ribbon Cutting for Sunshine Depot! We will have food, a FREE raffle, and are accepting donations of unwrapped toys to be donated to Toys for Tots.

We hope to see you there!

S.R. Perott in Ormond Beach

Andy Clark made it in the business section of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in recent weeks as the buyer of the old S.R. Perott building in Ormond Beach.

Buyer found for old S.R. Perrott site: Ex-beverage distribution center on Granada could become All Aboard Storage center

Vacant warehouse on Granada could become All Aboard Storage

By Clayton Park
clayton.park@news-jrnl.com

ORMOND BEACH — The owner of a Port Orange-based chain of self-service storage centers has agreed to purchase the former S.R. Perrott beverage distribution center property off Granada Boulevard.

The purchase, which is pending city approval of a request to rezone the property, is for two adjoining parcels totaling 3.4 acres on the north side of West Granada Boulevard, on the west side of North Perrott Drive, just east of the railroad tracks.

The property includes a 40,000-square-foot warehouse that was vacated by S.R. Perrott last year after its operations were moved into a new 90,000-square-foot complex along U.S. 1, as well as an attached two-story 6,000-square-foot office building that fronts Granada and that continues to serve as headquarters for the beverage distribution company.