What is the Washington Self Storage Association and Why Should You Belong?

The Washington Self Storage Association (WA-SSA) is an organization in which owners, operators and vendors involved in self-storage can keep abreast of important changes in the self storage industry. This might include notification of upcoming legislation that could have an impact on the industry. It might be information regarding changes in market conditions that might affect you directly. Or it could be banks, cities or counties that have adopted new regulations, which will be of interest to you as a owner, operator or vendor.

As those of you who have been involved in the industry over the years know, the landscape can change rapidly in self-storage and our association is the best way to keep informed. To help us do that, we have developed this web page along with a host of other changes that allow us to better communicate with each other. But to be the best it can be, we need your involvement.

Ten years ago you could open a self storage facility and fill it no matter what you did. Those early successes are the very reasons that those days are gone forever. The success of the industry has attracted many more investors and we are now involved in a highly competitive (and risky) retail business. The Washington Self Storage Association tries to keep you informed about the industry as a whole, as well as providing local market information that is simply unavailable anywhere else. For these reasons, we hope you will join with the rest of your colleagues in the industry to help improve your chances of success.

You can do that by clicking on the "Application" button on the left of the screen and printing the form on your printer (click the printer icon for your system). Then send the completed form, along with your check, to the address indicated below. The cost for membership is $100 per site annually for owners and operators or $250 annually for vendors. Thanks, and we hope to see you at our next meeting or hear your thoughts in our members' forum.