R3 Award: Josue Guzman

The 2023 January R3 Excellence Award goes to Josue Guzman. Josue has been with us since January 2021. Josue is innovative and proactive. He brings positivity and care to his team as a General Service Lead. Josue shows Respect, Reliability and Responsibility in and out of the field. We are extremely lucky to have Josue…

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Why Won’t the Trash Hauler Pick Up My Trash?

There’s nothing worse than seeing your waste bins piled high with days-old, stinking trash at your otherwise tidy apartment community, or noticing debris that has made its way out of the bin to the trash enclosure floor. As someone in community management, you know it’s a major dampener on curb appeal and is sure to…

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Happy New Year

5 Strategic New Year’s Resolutions for 2023

Resolutions are a hot topic this time of year. At some point or another, we’ve all gotten out a pen and pad of paper to write down our lofty aspirations for the next 12 months. And we’ve all also rolled our eyes at the “new year, new me” trope that returns every year. The pressure…

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Our 2022 Giving Recap

Part of our Purpose is to Care for People and Guard the Environment. We see our endeavor to keep communities cleaner and safer as part of that purpose. In addition to our daily services, we also commit to financially support worthy causes chosen by our team throughout the year. We want to highlight the important…

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5 Ways to Reduce Holiday Waste

Winter is coming to Southern California, and while that doesn’t mean much for the temperature, it does mean a major increase in the trash volume. This puts pressure on your trash enclosures and trash haulers. It’s also a risk to the appearance of your community. Missed hauls means overflowing trash left to decay in the…

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Packages Piling Up? Prepare For Black Friday

Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. is chockful of deals. Each year, it seems that businesses begin advertising further out from that weekend than the year before. But what is the deal, exactly? The Facts Black Friday has a long history in the United States. As early…

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R3 Award: Patrick Sulli

For the first time in our history, Strategic is awarding two members who have gone above and beyond in embodying our values during the month of November. Click here to see Fernando Solano’s November R3 award. The 2022 November R3 Excellence Award goes to Patrick Sulli. Despite only being with us since June of this…

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R3 Award: Fernando Solano

For the first time in our history, Strategic is awarding two members who have gone above and beyond in embodying our values during the month of November. Click here to see Patrick Sulli’s November R3 award. The 2022 November R3 Excellence Award goes to Fernando Solano. Fernando has been with us since April 2021. He…

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EEP! Don’t Let Pumpkins Haunt Your Community

EEP! Don’t Let Pumpkins Haunt Your Community

Don’t worry, we’re not screaming about any jump-scares. The scariest thing about Halloween isn’t the horror movies, the decorations, or even the haunting SoCal heat. No, true fear may be found in the humble pumpkin. What, So Jack-o’-Lanterns Are Scary Now? Not quite. The truth is that pumpkins are a huge contributor to both Halloween…

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Fire Inspector?

What Should I Do if the Fire Inspector is Coming?

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has specific requirements for the “construction, installation and maintenance of waste and recyclables storage rooms, containers, handling systems, incinerators, compactors and linen and laundry handling systems.” For community management, this means that trash rooms and trash chutes have to meet those requirements. One requirement is having chutes inspected and…

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