About The Storage Inn:
The Storage Inn opened its doors in 1979 and was the first self-service storage facility in Atlantic County and remains the largest even today. The Storage Inn, whose headquarters are in South Jersey, has been a family owned business for over 30 years. We are convenient to Atlantic City, Absecon, Pleasantville, Linwood, Pomona, Northfield, Somers Point, Brigantine, Ventnor, Margate and Longport. In 1997 we were proud to announce the opening of our second storage location in Ocean City, N.J.
Entrepreneur Celebrates 30 Years in Business on Armed Forces Weekend
Rudy Meckel is a pioneer in business. When he opened The Storage Inn of Egg Harbor Township in 1979, self-storage was unknown to the area. Meckel had already proven himself an entrepreneur. In addition to running his familyís road construction business, he had ventured into real estate with building the Washington Square West office complex in Egg Harbor Township and Ridgewood Plaza, a retail strip mall in Northfield. The Storage Inn started out on four acres with four buildings, designed so they could be converted to a flea market should the new business venture fail. Instead, Meckel's business prospered. Now The Storage Inn has 900 units with a total of over 100,000 square feet. The business offered an especially good fit, as it enabled Meckel to keep his road construction employees working during the off-season. Also considered a gentleman farmer, Meckel has always adorned his grounds with a blue and yellow horse carriage or sleigh.
In 1997, Meckel added another location by opening The Storage Inn II of Ocean City. They converted the former Stainton's Department Store Annex in Ocean City into three floors of storage and retail. Meckel's son, Greg Meckel, and daughter, Heidi Meckel Koering, run the businesses with him. The family views the storage business as an opportunity to help people. They serve people who find themselves in life's transitions and those with long-term storage needs; a great resource for small and big businesses alike to expand and organize. They continue to ensure that the facilities offer customers the best in storage. In addition to low rental prices, both locations offer free move-in truck rental, free porter service (assistance unloading) and climate control. Moreover, The Storage Inn of EHT has a resident security manager and shelving rentals and the Ocean City the facility, offers drive-in bays and indoor units. Meckel's future plans include continuing to offer new services, expanding record storage business, and possible 500- space recreational and boat storage.
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The Storage Inn Assists Churches in Giving to the Needy
The Storage Inn, located in Egg Harbor Township and Ocean City, got into the Holiday spirit this Thanksgiving by providing Thanksgiving baskets to local churches to be delivered to those less fortunate due to these economic times and layoffs so as to provide everyone with a hot meal for Thanksgiving. Each basket contained all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal along with a gift certificate to Shop Rite for their choice of either a turkey or a ham. The Meckel family, who has owned their self-storage facility for over 30 years, wanted to help out the community that has helped them out for all these years. “What a rewarding experience it was to be able to not only help out those in our community but to also assist the local Churches with the tremendous effort of getting food to all those in need” said Rudy “The Pioneer” Meckel. “The response, appreciation and love received from the Churches and the family members were an unbelievably humbling and overwhelming experience”. Lisa Price from Shore Fellowship Church in Egg Harbor Township receives Thanksgiving Basket donated from The Storage Inn. Shore Fellowship was able to give out close to 200 meals to those in need.
The Storage Inn
2527 Fire Road
Egg Harbor Twp., New Jersey 08234
609-646-6400
The Storage Inn II
837 West Avenue
Ocean City, New Jersey 08226
609-391-1416