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The August 2024 Pocket Guide! This month’s cover is a nod to Peery’s Egyptian Theater, one of the last standing 1920s Egyptian-themed movie palaces in the U.S. celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The theater is hosting year-long events to mark the milestone, including a classic film series. Up next: The Maltese Falcon” plays Aug. 23 and “Aida,” the hit Broadway pop opera set in ancient Egypt by Elton John and Tim Rice is showing now through Aug. 10.
📰Inside the issue: Goings On About O-Town, The Biggies, Local Picks, Pocket Perks, “The Last Resort” crossword puzzle, and a mini News clip.
🖼️ Cover: “Hatshepsut,” by Lauren Megan Rankin. 9” x 12” on cold press watercolor paper. Medium: watercolor, gold leaf, and calligraphy ink. Not for sale - gifted to Studio Zamarad.
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Madison Place - Uniting Art, Community, and Hospitality
StarFirm, LLC is owned and operated by Christopher T Ostler. It is a company dedicated to Realestate investments that operate with a net community benefit in mind. Madison Place was attractive to us because it is an aesthetically beautiful home with remarkable history in the Ogden area.
As the first investment property of StarFirm, LLC, Madison Place has shaped its community investment model in several significant ways.
Location: The neighborhood where Madison Place is located in a recognized qualified opportunity zone. While StarFirm is too small to take advantage of any of those tax benefits, it is important to recognize that the local area was very run down with significant amounts of drug trafficking. That being said, Ogden City has been pro-active in recent years in their efforts to change this. We could see the impact that the city was having with the newly renovated elementary school, library and heightened focus on the emerging Nine Rails Creative District in the area.
Neighborhood improvement: The first thing we did when purchased the property was set up a comprehensive network of Ring Floodlight cameras. We collaborated with the Alano Club next door to strategically place these cameras with the mutual goal of reducing and eventually eliminating the flow of drugs through the immediate vicinity. The information we gathered from the camera footage made it obvious to us where we needed to install security fencing and no trespassing signs. We coordinated with the local police and neighbors in the community to instate numerous letters of agency and put a stop to the trespassing and significantly curtail drug trafficking the area. Within one year the impact on our small area was so profound that one of our good neighbors decided to step in, purchase and renovate a known problem property in our immediate vicinity.
Airbnb as a mechanism for positive community change: As a first time property owner in Ogden, we explored many options from long term market rate rentals to Section 8 rentals to student housing. After carefully considering all of those options, it became clear that we really needed to invest more into the property and try our hand at short term vacation style rentals. Short term rental platforms such as Airbnb are powerful tools for with ability to change the course of a community. Critics say that these disruptive platforms ultimately lead to increased rents and that they can be used in ways that are ultimately detrimental to a community. Fundamentally, the critics are not wrong, but critics often overlook the positive ways that these platforms can be implemented that improve local communities. Thoughtful implementation of short term rentals in strategic locations can serve to break-up and push out unwanted social elements especially related to drug production and trafficking. Platforms such as Airbnb require a certain amount of sophistication and credit worthiness to use. Time limited stays effectively eliminate opportunities for nefarious activities to creep in and take root. Naturally, short term guests that care about their reputation on the platform come with a mindset of an invited guest, this mindset is remarkably different than someone wanting to rent for a year or more.
Local businesses development: Functioning as an Airbnb Madison Place endeavors to drive the local economy. We continually seek out local business partnerships that make sense. When choosing the type of coffee to offer our guests, we tried all of the local roasters and decided which roasting company we liked best. Coffee roasting in Ogden is surprisingly competitive, but a partnership was struck with our favorite local coffee roaster, Wasatch Roasting Company. Darren, the owner, was receptive to our proposition and we now offer our guests a small complementary bag of coffee for their stay. Guests may also take advantage of in person and online discounts with Wasatch Roasting Company even after their initial stay. We also offer a complementary gift certificate to Cuppa, a darling cafe in the Nine Rails Creative District. They have a remarkable selection of teas and vegan fare. Again, the owners were open and excited to collaborate with us on our program that would both add value to our business and drive our guests into their establishment. Other such propositions are in the works and we are always open to new opportunities that make sense.
Art Exhibition: Madison Place will be opening up its space as a unique exhibit space for local artists. We intend to invite artist to show their work and present their bios here for an extended period of time so that guests can have the chance to live with the art and hopefully purchase it if it is for sale. We will also market this unique experience through the Airbnb experience platform and encourage guests to take photos of themselves with the art, and to post it onto their social media pages tagging both the artist and Ogden’s local art organizations as well. We hope that this will leverage social media in a way that creates a unique lens through which the world will be able to view Ogden’s blossoming art community.
The 9 Rails Film Festival! Be on the lookout for this awesome art benefit event presented by Madison Place, Cuppa Cafe, and The Monarch with special thanks to the Monarch for generously donating their lovely new venue space. We will be featuring local director Trent Harris and his cult classic film: Plan 10 From Outer Space! Proceeds will entirely benefit the artist and 01Arts!
